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25,807 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Moscow (Russia), violence in Kabul and illness in Bucharest. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 65 in 100 of its 383 stories, usually 44
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

Russia

570 of its 1,222 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Moscow accounted for 418 of Russia's 570 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. 277 of Moscow's 418 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (232 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 51 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

250 of its 383 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yangon accounted for 104 of Myanmar's 250 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 83 of Yangon's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

125 of its 302 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 31 of Istanbul's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

34 of its 49 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Sweden

53 of its 170 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

43 of Alexandria's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Pakistan

330 of its 786 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in UK (190 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Myanmar (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (322 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Canada (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 2 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 25,807 stories about harm among 101,256 counted on 2 Feb.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 101,256 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. A year earlier, on 3 February 2020, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar65 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria63 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Zimbabwe53 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1449 Moscow Russia277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Delhi India210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Yangon Myanmar83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 San Francisco US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 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'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer 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'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: 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 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPitcairn: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Jamaica about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 570 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 14,998 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,882 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,114 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,532 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 964 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 278 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 247 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 killed6,421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,277 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about two-thirds of 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 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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