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58,437 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Taipei (Taiwan), a disaster in Mogadishu and violence in Ouagadougou. el Salvador's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 92 in 100 of its 154 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Taiwan

242 of its 441 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Taipei accounted for 221 of Taiwan's 242 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 191 of Taipei's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Disasters & accidents

Somalia

315 of its 376 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 210 of Somalia's 315 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 136 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

141 of its 154 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ouagadougou accounted for 127 of Burkina Faso's 141 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Health

El Salvador

138 of its 215 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Mali

132 of its 173 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kidal accounted for 102 of Mali's 132 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

247 of its 291 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

83 of its 123 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 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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Rights & justice

North Korea

466 of its 854 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Pyongyang accounted for 374 of North Korea's 466 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

117 of its 205 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Banjul accounted for 106 of the Gambia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

22 of its 50 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Latvia (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Ecuador (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Rwanda (12 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 28 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 58,437 stories about harm among 271,607 counted on 28 Feb.

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Taiwan stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 271,607 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 February 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Eritrea93 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Burkina Faso92 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 20 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia85 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya84 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US655 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3254 Delhi India525 stories about protests or strikes, of its 854 Philadelphia US299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813 Phoenix US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Vancouver Canada225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSaudi 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sEstonia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than 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'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: 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'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● El Salvador about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Panama about twice as warm as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Tunisia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as fearful as the world's · 315 stories about harm ● Malaysia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 832 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 409 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,431 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 10,969 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,620 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,508 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,138 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 2,271 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,263 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,197 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 killed15,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,672 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees1,405 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than 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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