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33,014 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Pyongyang (North Korea), violence in Amman and people affected in Kenya. North Korea's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJordan 74 in 100 of its 791 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

North Korea

473 of its 846 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Pyongyang accounted for 450 of North Korea's 473 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. 324 of Pyongyang's 450 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (432 stories). Poisoning was named in 281 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

589 of its 791 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Amman accounted for 556 of Jordan's 589 stories about harm, carried by 503 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (393 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

202 of its 497 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

99 of its 134 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Addis Ababa accounted for 68 of Ethiopia's 99 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

69 of its 136 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Italy

195 of its 646 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

108 of its 172 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Liberia

26 of its 46 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

156 of its 358 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Somalia (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Zimbabwe (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Australia (202 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Liberia (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 4 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 33,014 stories about harm among 153,257 counted on 4 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to North Korea. of the day's 153,257 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. North Korea's news mentioned poisoning about three times as often as usual. On 4 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 22 today. In North Korea, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Jordan74 in 100 of its 791 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia74 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Yemen74 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia73 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US396 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1368 Pyongyang North Korea324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 Oakland US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Belgrade 128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Qalandiya Palestine111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualGloucester, UK -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 65 outletsTaj Mahal, India -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 23 outletsManila, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 108 stories, carried by 39 outletsPerry County, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 26 outletsForcados, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 110 stories, carried by 136 outletsGreen Valley, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSicily, Italy -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsGuildford, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Nigeria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Gloucester UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Taj Mahal India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Manila Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 108 stories ● Perry County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Forcados Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 110 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,162 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 6,875 stories · about as usual Health18% 5,876 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,041 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,043 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 797 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 609 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 killed9,591 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,791 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees678 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced404 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations162 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill42 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 much harsher than 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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