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The news turned to protests in Raqqa (Syria), evacuations in Iraq and violence in Jalalabad. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIraq 73 in 100 of its 356 stories, usually 49
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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

Syria

478 of its 579 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 70 of Raqqa's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Hypothermia was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

259 of its 356 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

488 of its 655 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jalalabad accounted for 205 of Afghanistan's 488 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (241 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Jalalabad stories →
Health

Greece

122 of its 361 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Kenya

287 of its 700 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 188 of Kenya's 287 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 171 of Nairobi's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (165 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

89 of its 281 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 6 of Lilongwe's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

23 of its 134 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 7 of Manama's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Health

Sweden

74 of its 425 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis, respiratory illness and rubella. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

370 of its 1,392 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

62 of Riyadh's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Sweden (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Seychelles (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Czechia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 39,656 stories about harm among 204,641 counted on 6 Mar.

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Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 204,641 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 March 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 76%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 579 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi78 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 655 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 800 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sacramento US276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Washington US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1971 Jerusalem Israel181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Nairobi Kenya171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Santa Anita US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'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'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 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 readEast 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 488 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Malawi about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,303 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health25% 9,660 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence17% 6,438 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,290 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,040 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,411 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,092 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 775 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 killed10,940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees595 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting evacuations267 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the UK Stories reporting abductions247 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill101 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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