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47,737 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Kandy (Sri Lanka), violence in Ghouta and deaths in Vienna. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 68 in 100 of its 391 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 19 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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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

512 of its 928 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kandy accounted for 403 of Sri Lanka's 512 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. 258 of Kandy's 403 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (165 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Kandy stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

991 of its 1,220 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 794 of Syria's 991 stories about harm, carried by 562 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (140 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

266 of its 391 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Vienna accounted for 222 of Austria's 266 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

129 of its 255 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

El Salvador

203 of its 256 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 141 of el Salvador's 203 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

368 of its 406 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (334 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Displacement

Angola

54 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Malaria was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Denmark

81 of its 192 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

240 of its 1,210 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

490 of its 2,248 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Sierra Leone (53 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Angola (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (1449 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 47,737 stories about harm among 233,401 counted on 7 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 233,401 stories, below the usual 22. On 7 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea91 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 1,220 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador79 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso78 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1752 Houston US298 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548 Kandy Sri Lanka258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Ghouta Syria228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 794 Sacramento US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful 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'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 991 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Argentina about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 368 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 330 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,231 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 8,990 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,657 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 7,240 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,914 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,874 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Displacement2% 924 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 904 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 killed13,202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests6,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions506 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half 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
● 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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