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54,526 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Moscow, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and rights and justice in Yangon drew the news. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 68 in 100 of its 1,156 stories, usually 47
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Russia

2,680 of its 5,726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 2,082 of Russia's 2,680 stories about harm, carried by 1,186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,797 stories). Wildfires were named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with house fires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

292 of its 486 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Caracas accounted for 249 of Venezuela's 292 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 243 of Caracas' 249 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

152 of its 224 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Yangon accounted for 127 of Myanmar's 152 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

122 of its 328 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Gas explosion was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Sweden

788 of its 1,156 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Stockholm accounted for 732 of Sweden's 788 stories about harm, carried by 711 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

76 of its 99 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Diffa accounted for 60 of Niger's 76 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Caledonia

32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with typhoon.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

969 of its 2,180 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

748 of its 1,121 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Sierra Leone (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (16 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 11 Apr. 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 54,526 stories about harm among 251,464 counted on 11 Apr.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 251,464 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 11 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan82 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 74 · mostly food & livelihood Somalia80 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Niger77 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 735 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden68 in 100 of its 1,156 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia514 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2082 Washington US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1738 Damascus Syria244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Caracas Venezuela243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Beijing China204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: 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'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'sBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Sweden about three times as fearful as the world's · 788 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 2,821 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as angry as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 251 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,862 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 14,738 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 9,461 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 6,085 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,556 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,392 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,139 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 killed18,778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations602 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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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