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What the world's news said happened to people.
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42,578 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Skopje (North Macedonia), evacuations in Russia and violence in Ghouta. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 73 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 13
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Skopje accounted for 75 of North Macedonia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 72 of Skopje's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,548 of its 5,397 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Drownings were named in 42 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 519 of Syria's 634 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Rights & justice

Ecuador

62 of its 91 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Quito accounted for 45 of Ecuador's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories).

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

Palestine

529 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 298 of Palestine's 529 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 149 of Ramallah's 298 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (275 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Venezuela

132 of its 299 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 104 of Venezuela's 132 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

408 of its 1,358 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 148 of Madrid's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Guyana

25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

84 of its 268 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

761 of its 2,267 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (305 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Colombia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 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 27 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 42,578 stories about harm among 219,260 counted on 27 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 14 February 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 219,260 stories, below the usual 22. North Macedonia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about three times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 768 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia73 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 13 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador68 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Congo64 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US484 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1434 Moscow Russia256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 956 Baton Rouge US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 825 Mitrovica 227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Paris France220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than 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 a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Argentina few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● France about three times as angry as the world's · 761 stories about harm ● Slovakia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 634 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 250 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,574 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 9,452 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence17% 7,198 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,741 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,368 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 897 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 662 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 killed13,732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,255 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions501 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations349 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting people displaced322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill111 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 about as 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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