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36,971 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Cairo, illness in Ulaanbaatar and protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). Egypt's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMongolia 84 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Conflict & violence

Egypt

363 of its 616 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 261 of Egypt's 363 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Illness was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Mongolia

51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 47 of Mongolia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories → Ulaanbaatar stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

193 of its 347 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 146 of Haiti's 193 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. 89 of Port-au-Prince's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,039 of its 1,799 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 515 of Pakistan's 1,039 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 21 of Guatemala City's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 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

India

2,258 of its 8,189 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,210 stories). Plane crash was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

194 of its 521 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Avalanche was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 25 of Tegucigalpa's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

419 of its 567 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Pulwama accounted for 260 of Kashmir's 419 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Switzerland (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Philippines (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Syria (125 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 36,971 stories about harm among 192,142 counted on 19 Feb.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. of the day's 192,142 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Egypt stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 19 February 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mongolia84 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 16 · mostly health Syria81 in 100 of its 768 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir74 in 100 of its 567 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Egypt59 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1648 Paris France367 stories about protests or strikes, of its 740 Jerusalem Israel245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 534 Chicago US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1072 Caracas Venezuela109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'sU.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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 419 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as angry as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,039 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 245 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 363 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 214 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,396 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,277 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 7,263 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,291 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,144 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,104 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 910 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 782 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 killed10,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations150 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Brazil Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mongolia

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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