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20,602 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), illness in Nzerekore and violence in Ankara. Guinea's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGuinea 98 in 100 of its 147 stories, usually 46
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

201 of its 229 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 115 of Myanmar's 201 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 111 of Yangon's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (123 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Guinea

144 of its 147 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nzerekore accounted for 66 of Guinea's 144 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Nzerekore stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

154 of its 249 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ankara accounted for 59 of Türkiye's 154 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Food & livelihood

Argentina

33 of its 77 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

112 of its 157 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

40 of its 94 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

DR Congo

27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Canada

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

India

331 of Delhi's 473 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (99 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (936 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Israel (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 20,602 stories about harm among 76,623 counted on 15 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Myanmar. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 76,623 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. On 16 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 27 today. Myanmar stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea98 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Myanmar88 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen67 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye62 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 Washington US252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 779 Yangon Myanmar111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Moscow Russia41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 New York US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: 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'sMauritius: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBulgaria: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: 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 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 readSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful 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'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Guinea about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 112 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 10,526 stories · less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice17% 3,539 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,073 stories · much more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence7% 1,405 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 802 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 637 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 260 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 209 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 killed5,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions168 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about twice the usual rate · most about Guinea and the US

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 about as 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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