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Most of the day's attention went to gas explosion in Poland, violence in Ouagadougou and protests in Agua Zarca (Honduras). Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPoland 66 in 100 of its 431 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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

Poland

283 of its 431 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (235 stories). Gas explosion was named in 217 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

376 of its 389 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Ouagadougou accounted for 367 of Burkina Faso's 376 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

44 of its 49 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 17 of Agua Zarca's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Agua Zarca stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

57 of its 116 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Slovakia

206 of its 287 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bratislava accounted for 182 of Slovakia's 206 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 108 of Bratislava's 182 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

344 of its 625 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 196 of Palestine's 344 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

52 of its 143 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

199 of its 614 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Outbreaks were named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

35 of its 112 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 19 of Kiev's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

France

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 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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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Africa (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Philippines (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Canada (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (21 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 22,130 stories about harm among 100,968 counted on 4 Mar.

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Poland's news mentioned gas explosion more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 100,968 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. A year earlier, on 4 March 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Slovakia, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 389 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,145 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea75 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Slovakia72 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ghouta Syria305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 659 West Virginia US275 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Washington US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 751 Hollywood US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Bratislava Slovakia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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 readU.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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Bahrain about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 376 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 869 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 5,861 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 4,728 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,088 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health16% 3,516 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,655 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,175 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 415 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 360 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 killed7,961 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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