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30,571 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), violence in Ouagadougou and rights and justice in Bratislava. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 77 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 26 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

Honduras

175 of its 191 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 71 of Tegucigalpa's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

521 of its 549 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Ouagadougou accounted for 503 of Burkina Faso's 521 stories about harm, carried by 462 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

280 of its 406 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bratislava accounted for 256 of Slovakia's 280 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Shelter & services

Iceland

81 of its 115 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

194 of its 450 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kiev accounted for 169 of Ukraine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. 160 of Kiev's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

468 of its 1,298 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 92 of Paris' 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

519 of its 1,092 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jerusalem accounted for 397 of Israel's 519 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 279 of Jerusalem's 397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (248 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

119 of its 149 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 102 of Yemen's 119 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

163 of its 213 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

57 of its 72 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Chiche's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Guyana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (68 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (108 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Cuba (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 30,571 stories about harm among 126,852 counted on 3 Mar.

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In Guyana's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 126,852 stories, above the usual 21. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. In Honduras, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso95 in 100 of its 549 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras92 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Mali88 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 801 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1271 Jerusalem Israel279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Iditarod US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Kiev Ukraine160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Afrin Syria127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 521 stories about harm ● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Honduras about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 175 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,718 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 6,643 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence19% 5,667 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 4,655 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,013 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,607 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 463 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 368 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 killed12,571 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting arrests4,400 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Slovakia Stories reporting people affected3,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations621 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees234 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill46 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
● Feara little less than 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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