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44,132 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Warsaw, violence in Akobo and protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina) drew the news. Poland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPoland 59 in 100 of its 868 stories, usually 25
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Poland

510 of its 868 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Warsaw accounted for 333 of Poland's 510 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

130 of its 164 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Akobo accounted for 114 of South Sudan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Akobo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Kenya

383 of its 918 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 150 of Nairobi's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (186 stories).

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

127 of its 635 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 93 of Dubai's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

41 of its 182 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

437 of its 1,380 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Cyclone was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge and wildfires.

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Conflict & violence

Vietnam

165 of its 472 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guyana

25 of its 79 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 14 of Georgetown's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (118 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in U.S. Virgin Islands (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Malawi (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (69 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Namibia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Feb. 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 44,132 stories about harm among 230,626 counted on 1 Feb.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 8 times their usual. Poland stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 230,626 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 1 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Over January, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in January 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan79 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Kiribati68 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 503 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia64 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya64 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2032 Honolulu US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Nairobi Kenya150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Crozet US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Dover US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGuam: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 510 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 402 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Vietnam about three times as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 775 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 13,249 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,939 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 6,610 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,430 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,574 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,766 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,407 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,130 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 killed11,424 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests5,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,562 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations268 at about half the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people falling ill85 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 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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