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21,227 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Beijing (China), deaths in Addis Ababa and violence in Arakan. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostColombia 83 in 100 of its 151 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

China

404 of its 1,769 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 215 of Beijing's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories). Train derailment was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ethiopia

2,000 of its 2,788 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Addis Ababa accounted for 1,185 of Ethiopia's 2,000 stories about harm, carried by 1,081 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,956 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Arakan accounted for 42 of Myanmar's 49 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Arakan stories →
Health

Madagascar

33 of its 34 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Plague was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

41 of its 60 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Almaty accounted for 35 of Kazakhstan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 32 of Almaty's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

387 of its 602 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 321 of Venezuela's 387 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. 191 of Caracas' 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

93 of its 116 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Khartoum accounted for 73 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 56 of Khartoum's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

126 of its 151 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

64 of its 97 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Lilongwe's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

161 of its 187 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Tunisia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Sweden (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (636 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 21,227 stories about harm among 102,846 counted on 10 Mar.

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In Madagascar's news, mentions of the plague ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 102,846 stories, as usual. China's news was 23% about people being harmed, against a usual 12%. On 10 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar91 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda85 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 34 · mostly shelter & services Colombia83 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 544 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Chicago US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 519 Caracas Venezuela191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Moscow Russia114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Boston US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sFrance: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 · 137 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 447 stories about harm ● Malaysia about three times as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 501 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Greece about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 5,206 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,531 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence18% 3,740 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,455 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given11% 2,408 stories · much more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 809 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 328 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 killed7,698 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting arrests2,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,052 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced255 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Palestine Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas

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 much harsher 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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