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25,425 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to abductions in Uganda, violence in Tehran and protests in Beirut (Lebanon). Uganda's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 71 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 45
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Rights & justice

Uganda

151 of its 212 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Illness was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

177 of its 300 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 108 of Iran's 177 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

139 of its 233 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Beirut accounted for 114 of Lebanon's 139 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 58 of Beirut's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Nepal

41 of its 77 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kathmandu accounted for 35 of Nepal's 41 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 28 of Kathmandu's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

94 of its 222 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 20 of Istanbul's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 228 of Russia's 363 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. 146 of Moscow's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

137 of its 213 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Yangon accounted for 47 of Myanmar's 137 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 42 of Yangon's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Angola

11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 3 of Cafunfo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Romania

61 of its 131 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Australia (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in China (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (24 of its stories, about 6 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 4 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 25,425 stories about harm among 103,178 counted on 4 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 December 2020. Mentions of storms ran about three times their usual in Australia's news. On 5 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 25 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 103,178 stories, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uganda71 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar64 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Lebanon60 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US422 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1397 Delhi India242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Moscow Russia146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Beirut Lebanon58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Chicago US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readMozambique: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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

● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 363 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,288 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 5,122 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,072 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,838 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 825 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 501 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 323 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 275 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 killed6,064 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured955 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees225 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting abductions216 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Uganda and the US Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill36 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 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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