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44,052 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Kabul, protests in Warsaw (Poland) and people injured in Denmark drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 84 in 100 of its 843 stories, usually 60
RegionCentral Asia 17 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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

710 of its 843 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 436 of Afghanistan's 710 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

237 of its 407 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Warsaw accounted for 219 of Poland's 237 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 170 of Warsaw's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

92 of its 222 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Russia

738 of its 2,653 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

284 of its 536 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kandy accounted for 194 of Sri Lanka's 284 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 114 of Kandy's 194 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

93 of its 215 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

82 of its 121 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Sudan

129 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Juba accounted for 103 of South Sudan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Hunger was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

574 of its 1,640 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Drought was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (102 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Ireland (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Congo (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (65 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 44,052 stories about harm among 218,274 counted on 9 Mar.

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In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 218,274 stories, below the usual 22. Afghanistan's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 60%. On 9 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 →

Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 843 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan70 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Libya68 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 1,204 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea65 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2175 Broward County US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758 Ghouta Syria204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Jerusalem Israel178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Nablus Palestine176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290

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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 710 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 810 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 13,540 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 9,136 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 8,568 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,125 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,170 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services5% 2,147 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,536 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 829 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 killed12,318 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests5,713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions1,135 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees547 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Syria Stories reporting people displaced242 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations233 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill56 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 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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