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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), violence in Jammu and the avalanche in Indonesia. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 54 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 35
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Yangon accounted for 40 of Myanmar's 85 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 37 of Yangon's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

117 of its 218 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 70 of Kashmir's 117 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 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.

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

Algeria

35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 11 of Algiers' 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Gabon

8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Libreville's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

41 of its 86 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 22 of Minsk's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

21 of Barcelona's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Marib accounted for 27 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (1267 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 24,976 stories about harm among 96,035 counted on 19 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 96,035 stories, as usual. On 20 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Myanmar65 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Yemen64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq56 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1227 Delhi India154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Houston US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 654 San Francisco US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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 readCroatia: 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 readHong Kong: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readZambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGabon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Zambia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 9 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 12,547 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice17% 4,278 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,973 stories · about as usual Shelter & services7% 1,843 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Conflict & violence7% 1,614 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 832 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 452 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 228 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 killed5,990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill26 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 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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