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53,152 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Baghdad, protests in Johannesburg (South Africa) and people killed in Mozambique. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 68 in 100 of its 310 stories, usually 42
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,047 of its 1,248 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Baghdad accounted for 439 of Iraq's 1,047 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (873 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

South Africa

832 of its 2,419 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 210 of Johannesburg's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (319 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Switzerland

192 of its 747 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and flooding.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

160 of its 195 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Juba accounted for 64 of South Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

210 of its 310 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 117 of Kashmir's 210 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

France

955 of its 3,203 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 465 of Paris' 801 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Raqqa accounted for 353 of Syria's 700 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

231 of its 473 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 69 of Budapest's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (110 stories).

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Conflict & violence

DR Congo

33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Japan (105 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rubella in Romania (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Syria (73 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 53,152 stories about harm among 263,921 counted on 28 Mar.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 263,921 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 28 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq84 in 100 of its 1,248 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Congo83 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan82 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria72 in 100 of its 974 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France465 stories about protests or strikes, of its 801 Washington US437 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2752 Moscow Russia228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 Johannesburg South Africa210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Portland US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Bahrain about twice as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as fearful as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,047 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 955 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 16,846 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,648 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 9,289 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,250 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 3,086 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,963 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,014 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 993 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 killed15,829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,088 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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