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The day's news pointed at protests in Zagreb (Croatia), heavy rain in Chile and violence in Bambari. el Salvador's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCroatia 72 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 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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Protests & strikes

Croatia

143 of its 199 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Zagreb accounted for 140 of Croatia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. 127 of Zagreb's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 6 times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

321 of its 464 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Santiago accounted for 279 of Chile's 321 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (250 stories). Heavy rain was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Health

El Salvador

66 of its 105 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Colombia

192 of its 318 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bogota accounted for 162 of Colombia's 192 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 148 of Bogota's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

463 of its 532 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 375 of Somalia's 463 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Cholera was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

286 of its 570 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

105 of its 219 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

66 of its 83 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Niamey accounted for 55 of Niger's 66 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

478 of its 801 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Somalia (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Lithuania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zambia (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); natural hazards in Nepal (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 52,734 stories about harm among 253,380 counted on 27 Feb.

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In Croatia, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 253,380 stories, below the usual 22. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 28 February 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic91 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia87 in 100 of its 532 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Niger80 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 1,007 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 483 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US879 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1727 Washington US520 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2324 Delhi India325 stories about protests or strikes, of its 700 Moscow Russia181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Idlib Syria161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'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 readCuba: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Central African Republic about three times as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● El Salvador about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Argentina about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Croatia about twice as angry as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as fearful as the world's · 463 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 17,598 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 11,149 stories · about as usual Health17% 8,789 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,309 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,732 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Displacement3% 1,685 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 1,583 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 809 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 killed15,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,018 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured4,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,346 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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
● Griefa little more than 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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