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Violence in Ankara, building collapse in Poland and protests in la Paz (Bolivia) drew the news. Bolivia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 77 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

758 of its 1,069 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ankara accounted for 521 of Türkiye's 758 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (407 stories). Food poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami and avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

168 of its 407 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories). Building collapse was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

71 of its 79 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 11 of la Paz's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Rights & justice

Gibraltar

25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Senegal

88 of its 115 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dakar accounted for 76 of Senegal's 88 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

209 of its 287 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 144 of Kashmir's 209 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

185 of its 199 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ouagadougou accounted for 163 of Burkina Faso's 185 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

687 of its 1,833 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Food poisoning was named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Czechia

49 of its 157 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 40 of Prague's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Iceland

68 of its 134 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in South Africa (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Tanzania (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Sierra Leone (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); bird flu in Bulgaria (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Ethiopia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 39,792 stories about harm among 204,865 counted on 5 Mar.

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Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Poland's news. On 5 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. Türkiye stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 204,865 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia90 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Yemen86 in 100 of its 285 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea78 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia77 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 899 Ghouta Syria220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1053 Washington US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1139 Rome Italy148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Tehran Iran145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 162 stories, carried by 236 outletsYangon, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 69 stories, carried by 63 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHollywood, US -- rights & justice: 899 stories, carried by 697 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 57 stories, carried by 93 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 36 outletsReykjanes, Iceland -- shelter & services: 34 stories, carried by 27 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 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

● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Missouri US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 162 stories ● Yangon Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 69 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Hollywood US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 899 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 57 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,507 stories · about as usual Health19% 7,591 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 7,520 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,397 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,806 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,489 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood3% 979 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 728 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 killed13,392 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,797 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,697 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting abductions624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees475 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Syria Stories reporting people displaced448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations240 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Puerto Rico Stories reporting people falling ill55 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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