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41,574 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Zagreb (Croatia), a disaster in Tongatapu and people injured in Austria. Croatia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTonga 87 in 100 of its 227 stories, usually 23
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Protests & strikes

Croatia

105 of its 174 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Zagreb accounted for 90 of Croatia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. 82 of Zagreb's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tonga

198 of its 227 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tongatapu accounted for 113 of Tonga's 198 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Typhoon was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Tonga over 30 days → its stories → Tongatapu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

179 of its 424 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (165 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

306 of its 453 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 247 of Kashmir's 306 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

113 of its 154 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Yangon accounted for 89 of Myanmar's 113 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 73 of Yangon's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Liberia

54 of its 234 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bolivia

63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,171 of its 3,159 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (984 stories). Plane crash was named in 412 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

149 of its 214 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Siem Reap accounted for 125 of Cambodia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (127 stories).

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Rights & justice

Albania

132 of its 223 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 115 of Albania's 132 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (412 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Northern Mariana Islands (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 41,574 stories about harm among 194,391 counted on 12 Feb.

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Croatia's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 194,391 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 February 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga87 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen82 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Antarctica82 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 520 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar73 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1574 Jerusalem Israel276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Lahore Pakistan156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Zagreb Croatia82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Tehran Iran82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'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'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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage about twice 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● Croatia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Myanmar about three times as fearful as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as angry as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Liberia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,555 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 8,094 stories · about as usual Health19% 7,846 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 7,122 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,871 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,380 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 989 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 826 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 killed12,775 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions504 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations480 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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