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52,440 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBamiyan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 87 stories, carried by 98 outletsTikrit, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 72 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- disasters & accidents: 59 stories, carried by 74 outletsGaza, Palestine -- displacement: 148 stories, carried by 11 outletsSpringfield, US -- other: 31 stories, carried by 36 outletsJodhpur, India -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsWhitehall, UK -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 61 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamiyan Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 87 stories ● Tikrit Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 76 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 59 stories ● Gaza Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 148 stories

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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