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58,534 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 37 in 100 of its 572 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Yemen: 83 in 100 of its 239 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Venezuela: 32 in 100 of its 171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Türkiye: 40 in 100 of its 1,662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 63 in 100 of its 1,977 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sweden: 30 in 100 of its 497 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 64 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 52 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sri Lanka: 28 in 100 of its 400 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 62 in 100 of its 194 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Slovakia: 38 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sierra Leone: 44 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Philippines: 29 in 100 of its 2,432 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Papua New Guinea: 31 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Panama: 46 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Pakistan: 46 in 100 of its 1,832 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nigeria: 26 in 100 of its 2,799 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Niger: 77 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nepal: 58 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mongolia: 37 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Moldova: 40 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mali: 39 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malaysia: 35 in 100 of its 1,149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malawi: 31 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Madagascar: 85 in 100 of its 249 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Libya: 62 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Lebanon: 41 in 100 of its 186 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Laos: 42 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kenya: 37 in 100 of its 935 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 41 in 100 of its 1,880 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 37 in 100 of its 929 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 65 in 100 of its 1,087 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iceland: 27 in 100 of its 191 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Hungary: 44 in 100 of its 324 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Honduras: 43 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Guatemala: 93 in 100 of its 958 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Germany: 34 in 100 of its 3,464 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Gambia: 47 in 100 of its 267 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 32 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)El Salvador: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Côte d’Ivoire: 38 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Congo: 59 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Colombia: 29 in 100 of its 202 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Central African Republic: 93 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cameroon: 31 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burundi: 77 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burkina Faso: 48 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bosnia: 84 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Belgium: 41 in 100 of its 477 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bangladesh: 33 in 100 of its 566 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Algeria: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 82 in 100 of its 796 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 37 in 100 of its 929 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 37 in 100 of its 929 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 37 in 100 of its 929 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Norfolk Island: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Guatemala 93 in 100 of its 958 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 82 in 100 of its 796 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Madagascar 85 in 100 of its 249 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Yemen 83 in 100 of its 239 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 65 in 100 of its 1,087 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 63 in 100 of its 1,977 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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 →

harshwarm

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.