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60,144 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in London, a disaster in Sewol and rights and justice in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Egypt and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUK 54 in 100 of its 23,057 stories, usually 18
RegionEurope 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

UK

12,371 of its 23,057 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. London accounted for 10,261 of the UK's 12,371 stories about harm, carried by 3,057 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7,532 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

UK over 30 days → its stories → London stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

961 of its 1,901 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sewol accounted for 829 of South Korea's 961 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (659 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Sewol stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

151 of its 275 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Phnom Penh accounted for 126 of Cambodia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

460 of its 827 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Poisoning was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

509 of its 818 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Brussels accounted for 442 of Belgium's 509 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (412 stories).

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Health

Czechia

81 of its 211 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

101 of its 295 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 84 of Lantau's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Romania

77 of its 253 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 36 of Bucharest's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

44 of its 83 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Libya (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Egypt (112 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in Austria (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Finland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Hungary (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 60,144 stories about harm among 252,378 counted on 23 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 30 January 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 252,378 stories, above the usual 21. the UK's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US. Libya's news mentioned drownings about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen71 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq70 in 100 of its 553 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain69 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US408 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2588 London UK331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 10261 Jerusalem Israel223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 777 Manama Bahrain124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Xinjiang China97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 460 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 12,371 stories about harm ● Portugal about twice as fearful as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Costa Rica few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 17,885 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice25% 14,527 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Health18% 10,367 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,621 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,059 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,804 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,539 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,337 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 killed24,359 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people injured10,705 at about three times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting arrests9,767 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected6,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees851 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda Stories reporting abductions707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill174 at about twice the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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