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42,682 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Copenhagen, rights and justice in Oruro and a disaster in Tongatapu. Bolivia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 40 in 100 of its 188 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Denmark

224 of its 723 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 202 of Denmark's 224 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Bolivia

127 of its 208 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Oruro accounted for 83 of Bolivia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Oruro stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tonga

100 of its 143 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tongatapu accounted for 60 of Tonga's 100 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Tonga over 30 days → its stories → Tongatapu stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

543 of its 858 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Baghdad accounted for 278 of Iraq's 543 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

118 of its 339 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Building collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

76 of its 188 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 20 of Manama's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

97 of its 168 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 15 of Oromo's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Displacement

Jordan

172 of its 457 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

276 of its 761 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Latvia

25 of its 73 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Sri Lanka (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 42,682 stories about harm among 220,150 counted on 14 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 220,150 stories, below the usual 21. A year earlier, on 14 February 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar72 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Tonga70 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq63 in 100 of its 858 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia61 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 926 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1912 New Orleans US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Salt Lake City US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Moscow Russia118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 San Francisco US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: 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'sLebanon: 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'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sCameroon: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer 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'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 545 stories about harm ● Bolivia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 276 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 586 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,403 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,497 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence17% 6,920 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,666 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,605 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,465 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,426 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 killed12,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees725 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions441 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill93 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 softer 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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