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60,295 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dakar (Senegal), people killed in Norway and a disaster in Managua. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 78 in 100 of its 171 stories, usually 29
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Senegal

58 of its 96 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 58 of Senegal's 58 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 56 of Dakar's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

270 of its 585 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (224 stories). Flu was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Togo over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Haiti

102 of its 155 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. les Cayes accounted for 83 of Haiti's 102 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 79 of les Cayes' 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 87 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

49 of its 206 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 37 of Skopje's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

585 of its 1,057 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Pyongyang accounted for 414 of North Korea's 585 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

164 of its 269 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Uganda

209 of its 454 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

130 of its 163 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Haiti (87 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Sudan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Brazil (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Mar. 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 60,295 stories about harm among 294,633 counted on 1 Mar.

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Senegal's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 294,633 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Haiti's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 1 March 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over February, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in February 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador84 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Burundi84 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 69 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Tunisia80 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 1,140 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4485 Miami US333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 476 Delhi India294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641 Orlando US211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 501 Nablus Palestine198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 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: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'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'sMauritius: 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'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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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'sCroatia: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSenegal: coverage about twice 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Cambodia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Barbados about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 878 stories about harm ● Senegal about twice as angry as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● El Salvador about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,833 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 12,582 stories · about as usual Health18% 10,497 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,872 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,042 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,245 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,915 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,301 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 killed16,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,902 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,569 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured4,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,321 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations675 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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