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The news turned to landslides in Mozambique, rights and justice in Banjul and violence in Baghdad. the Gambia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMozambique 87 in 100 of its 234 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

204 of its 234 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Maputo accounted for 195 of Mozambique's 204 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

162 of its 214 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Banjul accounted for 120 of the Gambia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

394 of its 543 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 227 of Iraq's 394 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Mexico

492 of its 925 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Drought was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

491 of its 739 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 316 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

847 of its 1,252 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 438 of Iran's 847 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (674 stories). Snowstorms were named in 291 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

67 of its 171 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Accidents were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Slovenia

20 of its 60 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

293 of its 554 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (316 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Morocco (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (150 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Iran (291 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Malawi (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 36,106 stories about harm among 164,763 counted on 19 Feb.

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In Mozambique, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 164,763 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. On 19 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique87 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Gambia76 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Syria73 in 100 of its 1,157 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 543 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia72 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 51 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Coral Springs US586 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1435 Washington US549 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2552 London UK167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 738 Afrin Syria101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Sacramento US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 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: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice 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'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: 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'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 394 stories about harm ● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 844 stories about harm ● Mozambique about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 442 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 298 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,076 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence25% 8,957 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 6,179 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,894 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,893 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,182 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 773 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 530 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 killed14,211 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting arrests4,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting evacuations203 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill47 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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