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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsToubkal, Morocco -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsUnrwa, Palestine -- displacement: 111 stories, carried by 32 outletsKarnataka, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsDeschutes County, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKanchipuram, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsOcala, US -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 56 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malawi warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about 4 times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Bangui Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Toubkal Morocco about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Unrwa Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 111 stories ● Karnataka India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

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 →

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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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