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48,603 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Bratislava, violence in Mopti and people affected in Chad drew the news. Mali's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 86 in 100 of its 382 stories, usually 43
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Slovakia

328 of its 382 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bratislava accounted for 211 of Slovakia's 328 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (260 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

126 of its 149 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Mopti accounted for 99 of Mali's 126 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Displacement

Chad

23 of its 57 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

786 of its 2,589 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (351 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tsunami.

France over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

296 of its 601 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 164 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Uganda

172 of its 355 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

33 of its 40 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Markounda accounted for 30 of the Central African Republic's 33 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 24 of Guatemala City's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

9 of its 38 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 6 of Managua's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Albania (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Chile (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (21 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 1 Mar. 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 48,603 stories about harm among 234,211 counted on 1 Mar.

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The news turned to Slovakia for the fourth day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 234,211 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Albania's news, mentions of measles ran about 5 times their usual. Slovakia stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. A year earlier, on 1 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Over February, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in February 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Slovakia86 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Mali85 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,405 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence U.S. Virgin Islands75 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Papua New Guinea73 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US432 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2425 San Francisco US337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Broward County US229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 724 Florida US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1095 Ghouta Syria145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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 readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: 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'sSweden: 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 warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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'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'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Central African Republic few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,989 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 9,680 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,462 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 8,554 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,111 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,557 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,269 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,065 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 killed15,987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,733 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,711 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mali Stories reporting refugees657 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced300 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill68 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 much 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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