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A disaster in Port-au-Prince, protests in Mexico City (Mexico) and people injured in France drew the news. France's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 85 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 38
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

57 of its 67 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 44 of Haiti's 57 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

86 of its 265 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 39 of Mexico City's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Health

France

129 of its 557 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Covid was named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

131 of its 209 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 72 of Afghanistan's 131 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Cambodia

42 of its 66 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

43 of its 48 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Taiwan

49 of its 101 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Taipei accounted for 33 of Taiwan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

UK

1,035 of its 4,159 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Flooding was named in 250 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms, cyclone and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ireland

183 of its 865 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Flooding was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

239 of its 670 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Egypt (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in UK (250 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Syria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Feb. 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 14,197 stories about harm among 65,410 counted on 15 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Haiti. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 65,410 stories, above the usual 20. Haiti's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. In France's news, mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 15 February 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti85 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen78 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence China67 in 100 of its 2,447 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Cambodia64 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Chennai India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Mexico City Mexico39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Beijing China34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: 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 fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'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

● France about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,031 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,474 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,224 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,600 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 775 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 272 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 213 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 killed4,218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US

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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