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61,982 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Tillaberi, illness in Pyongyang and protests in Havana (Cuba). North Korea's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNiger 98 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Niger

124 of its 127 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tillaberi accounted for 89 of Niger's 124 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tillaberi stories →
Health

North Korea

476 of its 750 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 426 of North Korea's 476 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

132 of its 315 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 91 of Havana's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Road crashes were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

191 of its 232 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Barbados

141 of its 264 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

103 of its 110 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Sarajevo accounted for 83 of Bosnia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Austria

136 of its 360 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

164 of its 263 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,195 of its 2,048 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (579 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

249 of its 779 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Snowstorms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in South Sudan (103 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Finland (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rubella in Norway (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Sri Lanka (17 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 23 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 61,982 stories about harm among 286,903 counted on 23 Feb.

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Niger's news was 98% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 286,903 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 24 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 →

Niger98 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia94 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Congo90 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Libya82 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq76 in 100 of its 1,834 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1646 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3883 Anaheim US406 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Ketchikan US379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Dallas US262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 432 New York US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: 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'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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsle of Man: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Bosnia about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Barbados about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● North Korea about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 476 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 23,196 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Health19% 11,613 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 10,632 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,455 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,946 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,614 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Food & livelihood2% 1,209 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 killed14,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests10,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,776 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,292 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees1,398 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations845 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced704 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about the usual rate

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

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

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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