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59,264 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Guatemala City, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 90 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

404 of its 454 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Guatemala City accounted for 370 of Guatemala's 404 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

299 of its 361 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 171 of Somalia's 299 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Cholera was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles, malaria and plague.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

319 of its 710 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 141 of Dhaka's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (181 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

179 of its 199 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Antananarivo accounted for 120 of Madagascar's 179 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

115 of its 230 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 40 of Saptari's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

203 of its 360 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 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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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

37 of its 84 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 17 of Yaounde's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Drought was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

347 of its 2,387 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). 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 (67 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (69 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Sri Lanka (25 of its stories, more than ten 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 8 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 59,264 stories about harm among 284,633 counted on 8 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 284,633 stories, as usual. Guatemala's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. In South Sudan's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 8 March 2016, 19 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 →

Madagascar90 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala89 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia83 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 1,757 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US581 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1886 Ramsey County US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Manhattan US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Chicago US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 484 Dhaka Bangladesh141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: 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'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAmerican Samoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 1,416 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 636 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 19,163 stories · about as usual Health19% 11,229 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 10,189 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,152 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,189 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,541 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,394 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,012 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 killed16,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,858 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations778 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting people displaced548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions353 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill140 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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