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26,102 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), illness in Lisbon and arrests in Venezuela. Portugal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 64 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 49
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words 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

186 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Yangon accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 186 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 57 of Yangon's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Nicaragua

26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Managua accounted for 18 of Nicaragua's 26 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 16 of Managua's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Türkiye

114 of its 256 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 21 of Istanbul's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 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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Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 279 of Russia's 437 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. 178 of Moscow's 279 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Saudi Arabia

88 of its 224 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories).

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Health

Austria

27 of its 69 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Liberia

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). 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: hiv in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in China (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 26,102 stories about harm among 102,569 counted on 3 Feb.

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In Uganda's news, mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual. On 4 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 25 today. Myanmar's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. of the day's 102,569 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar64 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Fiji57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria55 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia54 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US406 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1401 Delhi India355 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Moscow Russia178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Aung Hlaing Myanmar57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 Yangon Myanmar57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: no storiesSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 39 in 100 of its 212 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Yemen: 53 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Venezuela: 50 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Vanuatu: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)UK: 33 in 100 of its 7,570 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Uganda: 49 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Türkiye: 45 in 100 of its 256 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Tunisia: 54 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Thailand: 34 in 100 of its 212 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Tanzania: 49 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Syria: 55 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)South Africa: 36 in 100 of its 923 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Somalia: 58 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Saudi Arabia: 39 in 100 of its 224 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Rwanda: 55 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Russia: 40 in 100 of its 1,105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Portugal: 41 in 100 of its 135 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Philippines: 41 in 100 of its 593 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Pakistan: 36 in 100 of its 703 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Nicaragua: 84 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Nepal: 38 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Mexico: 34 in 100 of its 386 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Mali: 73 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Malawi: 52 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Lebanon: 37 in 100 of its 134 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Israel: 41 in 100 of its 547 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Iraq: 42 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Iran: 33 in 100 of its 250 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Indonesia: 37 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Ghana: 33 in 100 of its 441 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Fiji: 57 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Ethiopia: 60 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Denmark: 35 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Myanmar: 64 in 100 of its 289 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Bangladesh: 48 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Austria: 39 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Algeria: 50 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Afghanistan: 51 in 100 of its 152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Myanmar 64 in 100 of its 289 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Ethiopia 60 in 100 of its 94 stories · mostly health ● Syria 55 in 100 of its 113 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 51 in 100 of its 152 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 48 in 100 of its 182 stories · mostly health ● Uganda 49 in 100 of its 128 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,877 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 5,117 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,088 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,888 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 843 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 521 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 303 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 262 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 killed6,370 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations72 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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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