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The news turned to illness in Tehran, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and a disaster in Puerto Rico. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 87 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGhana 66 in 100 of its 471 stories, usually 32
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 231 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Mozambique

71 of its 81 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Spain

474 of its 913 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Sweden

97 of its 213 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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India

3,204 of its 5,923 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires.

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Zimbabwe

179 of its 327 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Kashmir

110 of its 179 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Armenia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

40 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 31; 40 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 50,800 stories about harm among 125,925 counted on 24 Mar.

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40 in every 100 of the day's 125,925 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 31. In South Africa's news, mentions of HIV ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 March 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique88 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Yemen82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Syria75 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Libya68 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Philippines66 in 100 of its 760 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2866 Delhi India151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 803 Wuhan China62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 985 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 823 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 837

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sDenmark: 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'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'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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'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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Spain about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 474 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Mozambique about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 744 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health87% 43,948 stories · much more than usual (usually 67%) Rights & justice4% 2,165 stories · much less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents3% 1,309 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services2% 997 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 855 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given1% 700 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 327 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 273 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 killed11,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,769 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations115 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions60 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.