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19,913 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Athens, protests in Algiers (Algeria) and rights and justice in Tallinn. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 48 in 100 of its 602 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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

Greece

101 of its 228 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Athens accounted for 85 of Greece's 101 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Hunger was named in 12 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

172 of its 351 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Algiers accounted for 155 of Algeria's 172 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 155 of Algiers' 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Rights & justice

Estonia

146 of its 384 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tallinn accounted for 132 of Estonia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Estonia over 30 days → its stories → Tallinn stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

187 of its 270 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Snowstorms were named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Yemen

122 of its 154 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Hodeida accounted for 88 of Yemen's 122 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Malaysia

288 of its 602 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 248 of Malaysia's 288 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

137 of its 298 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Meningitis was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

565 of its 649 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. 69 of Damascus' 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Panama

19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

125 of its 310 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 30 of Etemad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Panama (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (82 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); meningitis in Brazil (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Israel (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 19,913 stories about harm among 100,493 counted on 3 Mar.

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Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. of the day's 100,493 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Greece's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On 3 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria87 in 100 of its 649 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan76 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Somalia72 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 270 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Greenwood County US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 704 Algiers Algeria155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Brown Chapel US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Berkeley US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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 readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful 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'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 565 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Estonia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 510 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 6,236 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 4,211 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 3,495 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,288 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,091 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 506 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 316 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 312 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 killed5,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,850 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting abductions115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations86 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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