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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), illness in Pyongyang and violence in Erbil. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 73 in 100 of its 104 stories, usually 29
RegionNorth America 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

141 of its 174 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Yangon accounted for 79 of Myanmar's 141 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 78 of Yangon's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

North Korea

76 of its 104 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 34 of North Korea's 76 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

183 of its 257 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Erbil accounted for 106 of Iraq's 183 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Erbil stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

97 of its 210 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Athens accounted for 67 of Greece's 97 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
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Disasters & accidents

U.S. Virgin Islands

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

94 of its 204 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 94 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Trinidad & Tobago

34 of its 77 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

122 of its 242 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

39 of its 81 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 16 of Minsk's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Spain

19 of Lleida's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Vanuatu (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Romania (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in U.S. Virgin Islands (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Kenya (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in US (531 of its stories, about 8 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 16 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 25,256 stories about harm among 93,773 counted on 16 Feb.

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The news turned to Myanmar for the third day running. 27 in every 100 of the day's 93,773 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vanuatu's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 17 February 2020, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Myanmar's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 64%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea92 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Myanmar81 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice North Korea73 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Iraq71 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen65 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1033 Delhi India291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 Yangon Myanmar78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Manhattan US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159

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Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little angrier than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: 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 angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Iraq about 4 times as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 12,481 stories · much less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice17% 4,215 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,713 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence7% 1,766 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 1,581 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 665 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 330 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 306 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 killed5,649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,759 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Guinea

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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