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26,380 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Cairo (Egypt), illness in Tehran and flooding in Indonesia. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 64 in 100 of its 541 stories, usually 24
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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

Egypt

344 of its 541 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Cairo accounted for 216 of Egypt's 344 stories about harm, carried by 667 outlets. 159 of Cairo's 216 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Iran

470 of its 677 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 240 of Iran's 470 stories about harm, carried by 453 outlets. Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

140 of its 310 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jakarta accounted for 99 of Indonesia's 140 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Flooding was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain, cyclone and landslides.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

33 of its 103 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

India

1,904 of its 6,293 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 686 of Delhi's 1,134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (563 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

26 of its 47 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 14 of Port-au-Prince's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Spain

192 of its 794 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

47 of its 86 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tripoli accounted for 30 of Libya's 47 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

18 of its 51 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of Almaty's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Italy

782 of its 1,453 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (449 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: rubella in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in US (196 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in China (24 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 25 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 26,380 stories about harm among 118,304 counted on 25 Feb.

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Egypt stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 118,304 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 25 February 2019, 19 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 →

Syria72 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iran69 in 100 of its 677 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Egypt64 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Iraq61 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India686 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1134 Cairo Egypt159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 821 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Hollywood US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: 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: 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'sTaiwan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Azerbaijan few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Albania few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 470 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 105 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health43% 11,217 stories · more than usual (usually 41%) Rights & justice25% 6,506 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents11% 2,963 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence11% 2,845 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,082 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 670 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 382 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 352 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 killed7,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced242 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations219 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting abductions159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill133 at about the usual rate

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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