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41,484 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Carabobo (Venezuela), the cyclone in Armenia and refugees in Pakistan drew the news. Venezuela's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 78 in 100 of its 1,279 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Venezuela

1,000 of its 1,279 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Carabobo accounted for 530 of Venezuela's 1,000 stories about harm, carried by 533 outlets. 484 of Carabobo's 530 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (195 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Carabobo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Armenia

115 of its 274 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,082 of its 2,357 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (79 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

359 of its 1,260 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Mali

103 of its 133 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

36 of its 72 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

71 of its 109 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yangon accounted for 62 of Myanmar's 71 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

68 of its 304 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 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

France

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Drownings were named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Panama

141 of its 240 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Rio San Juan accounted for 107 of Panama's 141 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Botswana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Iran (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 41,484 stories about harm among 210,934 counted on 29 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about 4 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 210,934 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela78 in 100 of its 1,279 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Mali77 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya69 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea69 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Carabobo Venezuela484 stories about protests or strikes, of its 530 Portland US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Valencia Venezuela343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Washington US334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1417 Jerusalem Israel217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'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 readSpain: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sPalestine: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFinland: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'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 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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'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'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 1,082 stories about harm ● Venezuela about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,000 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as fearful as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 281 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 13,373 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 9,230 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 7,689 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,094 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,224 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,335 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 900 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 812 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 killed13,221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,024 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,733 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees660 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions584 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting people displaced249 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations187 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill44 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 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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