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What the world's news said happened to people.
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36,600 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Vienna (Austria), refugees in Congo and violence in Mopti. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 90 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 53
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 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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Protests & strikes

Austria

102 of its 253 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 66 of Vienna's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

Congo

71 of its 92 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

98 of its 123 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mopti accounted for 62 of Mali's 98 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

Beira accounted for 416 of Mozambique's 496 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Cholera was named in 294 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

El Salvador

84 of its 93 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. San Salvador accounted for 75 of el Salvador's 84 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

283 of its 517 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 140 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, avalanche and snowstorms.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

80 of its 196 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Romania

53 of its 164 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

203 of its 409 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Avalanche was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

263 of its 495 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Cholera was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Iran (140 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Spain (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 36,600 stories about harm among 199,536 counted on 26 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 13 February 2019. 18 in every 100 of the day's 199,536 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. Austria stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. A year earlier, on 26 March 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique92 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador90 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan82 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali80 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Congo77 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 793 Jerusalem Israel296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1120 Oklahoma City US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Greenville US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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'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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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 readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'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'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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than 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 twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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 warmer 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

● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 356 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 80 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,530 stories · about as usual Health24% 8,468 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence18% 6,297 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,413 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,264 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,389 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 926 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 595 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 killed10,232 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mozambique Stories reporting arrests4,231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees653 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Canada Stories reporting people displaced603 at about twice the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Syria Stories reporting abductions376 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations303 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Norway Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefa little less than 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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