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Protests in Yangon (Myanmar), drownings in Fiji and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 58 in 100 of its 564 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

327 of its 564 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Yangon accounted for 134 of Myanmar's 327 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. 91 of Yangon's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

58 of its 78 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

88 of its 117 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mogadishu accounted for 71 of Somalia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

Palestine

53 of its 83 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Health Department accounted for 29 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Health Department stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 243 of Russia's 356 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. 188 of Moscow's 243 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (164 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Jamaica

68 of its 151 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

67 of its 95 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Portugal

38 of its 83 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Ghana

134 of its 390 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Health

Belgium

53 of its 132 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in US (487 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (116 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 22,639 stories about harm among 89,180 counted on 1 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 18 December 2020. 25 in every 100 of the day's 89,180 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. In Palestine's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 5 times their usual. Myanmar stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 2 February 2020, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Over January, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in January 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia75 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji74 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria71 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Myanmar58 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1177 Moscow Russia188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Delhi India165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Yangon Myanmar91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Aung Hlaing Myanmar59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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'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 readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNicaragua: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'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'sPitcairn: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Somalia about 4 times as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Jamaica about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 356 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 80 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 12,976 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,110 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,199 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,460 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 752 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 463 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 251 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 206 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 killed5,344 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,459 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured984 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about half the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 much softer than 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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