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51,092 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Panama City (Panama), a disaster in Kathmandu and violence in Iferouane. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFinland 43 in 100 of its 580 stories, usually 14
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Panama

38 of its 132 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 24 of Panama City's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

295 of its 514 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 270 of Nepal's 295 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

120 of its 147 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Iferouane accounted for 78 of Niger's 120 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Iferouane stories →
Health

Antarctica

51 of its 81 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Antarctica over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

141 of its 167 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Southern Highlands accounted for 102 of Papua New Guinea's 141 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

37 of its 65 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Palmasola accounted for 29 of Bolivia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 20 of Palmasola's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 524 of Syria's 932 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (262 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 260 of Afghanistan's 415 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Finland

248 of its 580 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 141 of Helsinki's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Eritrea

21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 14 of Asmara's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Namibia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Grenada (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Croatia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in Libya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Mexico (42 of its stories, about 9 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 14 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 51,092 stories about harm among 233,973 counted on 14 Mar.

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Panama's news was 29% about people being harmed, against a usual 10%. of the day's 233,973 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Panama for the second day running. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Namibia's news. On 14 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea84 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Niger82 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 1,162 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador68 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar63 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US923 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2460 Florida US579 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Ghouta Syria251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 San Diego US211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Douglas County US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238

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'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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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'sLibya: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer 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'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● Belgium about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Finland about twice as warm as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 932 stories about harm ● Hungary about twice as fearful as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 107 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 13,659 stories · about as usual Health24% 12,074 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 9,975 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents12% 5,949 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,204 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,795 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,558 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 995 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 killed18,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,573 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions508 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill32 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were much 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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