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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), violence in Mondulkiri and a disaster in Barbablanca. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 86 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

130 of its 158 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bishkek accounted for 125 of Kyrgyzstan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 120 of Bishkek's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

147 of its 170 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mondulkiri accounted for 134 of Cambodia's 147 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Mondulkiri stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

133 of its 184 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Barbablanca accounted for 110 of Peru's 133 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Barbablanca stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belarus

363 of its 423 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Minsk accounted for 258 of Belarus' 363 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 250 of Minsk's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (340 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

150 of its 246 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 93 of Lantau's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

85 of its 94 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Bamako accounted for 67 of Mali's 85 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 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.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

795 of its 912 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 201 of Idlib's 312 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (264 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

UK

2,176 of its 7,557 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (838 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

290 of its 308 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Venezuela (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (131 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 31,880 stories about harm among 141,738 counted on 25 Mar.

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Kyrgyzstan's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 141,738 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Venezuela's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 25 March 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan91 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Mali90 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq89 in 100 of its 985 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria87 in 100 of its 912 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1404 Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1299 Minsk Belarus250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Idlib Syria201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Rikers Island US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'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 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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'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 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readDenmark: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as angry as 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Vietnam about three times as angry as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 465 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 875 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 795 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,176 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 10,388 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 8,451 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health16% 5,135 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents11% 3,494 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,876 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 890 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 375 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 killed10,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,155 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,781 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected3,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions504 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting refugees459 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya Stories reporting people displaced284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations153 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 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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