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The news turned to landslides in Papua New Guinea, violence in Prague and rights and justice in Bratislava. Slovakia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 84 in 100 of its 399 stories, usually 46
RegionEast Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

337 of its 399 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Porgera accounted for 175 of Papua New Guinea's 337 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Landslides were named in 223 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Porgera stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

91 of its 198 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Prague accounted for 89 of the Czechia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

108 of its 196 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bratislava accounted for 105 of Slovakia's 108 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Protests & strikes

Malawi

63 of its 112 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Mulanje's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Mulanje stories →
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Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

85 of its 126 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ouagadougou accounted for 82 of Burkina Faso's 85 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 79 of Ouagadougou's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Rwanda

65 of its 106 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 33 of Kiziba's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

331 of its 1,574 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. 207 of Seoul's 288 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Equatorial Guinea

23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 13 of Mongomo's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

73 of its 212 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

100 of its 163 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Botswana (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (75 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Germany (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mozambique (10 of its stories, about 5 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 27 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 42,729 stories about harm among 196,193 counted on 27 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Papua New Guinea. of the day's 196,193 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned landslides about 4 times as often as usual. Papua New Guinea's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. A year earlier, on 27 February 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea84 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Maldives76 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Honduras76 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 42 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Somalia74 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 1,484 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US466 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2639 Ghouta Syria305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 925 University of New Mexico US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Broward County US223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 752 Seoul South Korea207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Vietnam, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 33 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 37 outletsGwadar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 101 stories, carried by 83 outletsKansas, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsSussex Inlet, Australia -- health: 33 stories, carried by 22 outletsMilan, Italy -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● North Vietnam Vietnam about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Gwadar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 101 stories ● Kansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,818 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,130 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,178 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,866 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,665 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,392 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 995 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 872 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 killed13,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,853 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,517 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions694 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees520 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting evacuations332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced293 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill66 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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