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The news turned to protests in Cairo (Egypt), violence in Ouagadougou and people displaced in Libya. Poland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 90 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 45
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

826 of its 1,243 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cairo accounted for 744 of Egypt's 826 stories about harm, carried by 537 outlets. 608 of Cairo's 744 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (140 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

80 of its 89 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ouagadougou accounted for 67 of Burkina Faso's 80 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

286 of its 318 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

174 of its 400 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Gambia

111 of its 211 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 61 of Banjul's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

UK

5,495 of its 16,077 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (2,147 stories). Food poisoning was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

147 of its 193 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Darfur accounted for 87 of Sudan's 147 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

102 of its 161 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 63 of Maladzyechna's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

269 of its 647 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

120 of its 338 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 91 of Lantau's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (102 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Peru (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Myanmar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 52,440 stories about harm among 245,790 counted on 24 Mar.

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North Korea's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 245,790 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Egypt, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. On 24 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 318 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Burkina Faso90 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 559 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 1,025 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 836 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt608 stories about protests or strikes, of its 744 Washington US478 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2441 Raqqa Syria182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 525 London UK180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3738 Boston US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 523

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: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 412 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 810 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as fearful as the world's · 286 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 16,339 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 11,623 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health19% 9,568 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,050 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,873 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,043 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 981 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 killed16,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,464 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees759 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations235 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill105 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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