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The day's news pointed at protests in Damascus (Syria), people displaced in Ukraine and deaths in Tappita. Liberia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 43 in 100 of its 330 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Protests & strikes

Syria

Damascus accounted for 109 of Syria's 310 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 80 of Damascus' 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (151 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Ukraine

141 of its 330 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Measles was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Liberia

47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tappita accounted for 38 of Liberia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Tappita stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

185 of its 348 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 89 of Iraq's 185 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Papua New Guinea

53 of its 100 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 19 of Port Moresby's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 45 of Sudan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 42 of Khartoum's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

64 of its 126 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 35 of Port-au-Prince's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Macedonia

63 of its 291 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bangui accounted for 19 of the Central African Republic's 23 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Vanuatu (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (95 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Feb. 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 36,838 stories about harm among 205,600 counted on 13 Feb.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 205,600 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 13 February 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 439 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia58 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 33 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Iraq53 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea53 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Boston US338 stories about protests or strikes, of its 651 Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1666 Jordan Valley Israel109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Jerusalem Israel98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Paris France91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readGaza: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: 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'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: 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'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Albania few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 635 stories about harm ● Liberia few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Central African Republic few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 11,819 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,498 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,293 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,018 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,077 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,211 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,155 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,042 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 killed9,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,891 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees605 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions526 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations259 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia

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
● 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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