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62,704 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Cairo, illness in Pyongyang and drownings in Libya drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 72 in 100 of its 842 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

420 of its 761 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Cairo accounted for 314 of Egypt's 420 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Hepatitis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

North Korea

608 of its 842 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Pyongyang accounted for 485 of North Korea's 608 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (487 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

345 of its 413 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 194 of Libya's 345 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 106 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

146 of its 257 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Banjul accounted for 103 of the Gambia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
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Rights & justice

Malaysia

977 of its 1,889 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 852 of Malaysia's 977 stories about harm, carried by 658 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

86 of its 197 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 53 of Manama's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

357 of its 1,092 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 173 of Manaus' 239 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tonga

94 of its 104 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

89 of its 146 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and flu. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Haiti

110 of its 173 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in South Sudan (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Palestine (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 62,704 stories about harm among 291,593 counted on 22 Feb.

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South Sudan's news mentioned the drought about 5 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 291,593 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Egypt, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. On 23 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga90 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 31 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Libya84 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria80 in 100 of its 1,273 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 501 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea72 in 100 of its 842 stories · usually 26 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US967 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3544 London UK658 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1502 Morton County US515 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Ketchikan US348 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350 Dallas US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 515

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Tonga about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as warm as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 841 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 112 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 23,161 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Health19% 11,716 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 10,722 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,341 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,756 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,840 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 1,670 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,469 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed15,723 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,077 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,486 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees1,876 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations1,161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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