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27,427 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Tirana, deaths in Dubai and people injured in the Philippines drew the news. Vietnam's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 71 in 100 of its 545 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Albania

141 of its 153 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tirana accounted for 108 of Albania's 141 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

United Arab Emirates

269 of its 578 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dubai accounted for 263 of the United Arab Emirates' 269 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (249 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Dubai stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

381 of its 794 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (93 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

117 of its 368 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 18 of Ho Chi Minh City's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Ho Chi Minh City stories →
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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Georgia

54 of its 86 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Gudauri accounted for 53 of Georgia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

192 of its 429 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Heavy rain was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, building collapse and hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

195 of its 752 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 55 of Wuppertal's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Canada

743 of its 3,015 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (216 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

839 of its 3,682 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 215 of Sydney's 398 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

994 of its 1,207 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Ghouta accounted for 708 of Syria's 994 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Switzerland (133 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (47 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Iraq (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Brazil (25 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 17 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 27,427 stories about harm among 122,315 counted on 17 Mar.

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Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Switzerland's news. of the day's 122,315 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Albania stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. On 17 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania92 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Syria82 in 100 of its 1,207 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Greece71 in 100 of its 545 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen69 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives69 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ghouta Syria260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 708 Jerusalem Israel252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Sydney Australia215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 786 Agathonisi Greece104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sPalestine: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three 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'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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier than 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 994 stories about harm ● Vietnam about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 321 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,483 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 6,069 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence19% 5,013 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health17% 4,520 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,054 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 801 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 621 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 389 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 killed10,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,459 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees519 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Syria Stories reporting abductions261 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations187 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ghana

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 harsher 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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