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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala), violence in Brussels and a disaster in Antananarivo. Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 93 in 100 of its 958 stories, usually 50
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Guatemala

889 of its 958 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Guatemala City accounted for 500 of Guatemala's 889 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. 347 of Guatemala City's 500 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (568 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Belgium

195 of its 477 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Brussels accounted for 172 of Belgium's 195 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

146 of its 251 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Gambia

125 of its 267 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 58 of Banjul's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Hungary

144 of its 324 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Germany

1,161 of its 3,464 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (300 stories). Train derailment was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

48 of its 57 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sarajevo accounted for 41 of Bosnia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Japan

442 of its 2,077 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Tsunami was named in 207 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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Rights & justice

Morocco

41 of its 157 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (207 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Brazil (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Burkina Faso (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (60 of its stories, about 7 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 9 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 58,534 stories about harm among 285,346 counted on 9 Mar.

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The news turned to Guatemala for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 285,346 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about three times their usual. Guatemala stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. On 9 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala93 in 100 of its 958 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Madagascar85 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Bosnia84 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 796 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US474 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2828 Guatemala City Guatemala347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Raqqa Syria187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 631 Toronto Canada139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Jerusalem Israel122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Venezuela: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'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'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 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry 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'sHungary: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMacao: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 · 649 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 705 stories about harm ● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 835 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 657 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,130 stories · about as usual Health20% 11,493 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 10,636 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,702 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,314 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,505 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,909 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,312 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 killed16,029 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees975 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations292 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Madagascar Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about the usual rate

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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