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33,566 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Tel Aviv, people injured in Norway and people affected in Libya. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 91 in 100 of its 280 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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

Israel

2,328 of its 3,874 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,755 of Israel's 2,328 stories about harm, carried by 1,023 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,732 stories). Natural hazards were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

473 of its 734 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (283 stories). Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

104 of its 161 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

El Salvador

254 of its 280 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 234 of el Salvador's 254 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (243 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

224 of its 388 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

Beira accounted for 548 of Mozambique's 627 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Cholera was named in 349 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hiv and hunger. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Caledonia

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Noumea accounted for 23 of New Caledonia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Rights & justice

Greece

183 of its 462 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

163 of its 202 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Cholera was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Mozambique (349 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (77 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Vanuatu (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Kenya (41 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 25 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 33,566 stories about harm among 180,300 counted on 25 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 February 2019. A year earlier, on 25 March 2018, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Israel's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. of the day's 180,300 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador91 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique87 in 100 of its 721 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali81 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan73 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel797 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1755 Washington US270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 957 Greenville US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Gaza Palestine76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Paris France66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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 readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'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'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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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 a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: 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'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 grief-stricken as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Greece about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 163 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 8,197 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence22% 7,275 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health21% 7,063 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 5,723 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,463 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,243 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 490 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 killed11,247 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,236 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected3,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,582 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced385 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Yemen Stories reporting abductions321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations288 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Norway and the US Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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