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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), volcanic eruption in Italy and people killed in Malta. Malta's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 75 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 37
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

98 of its 128 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Yangon accounted for 48 of Myanmar's 98 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 46 of Yangon's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Italy

146 of its 495 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malta

52 of its 113 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Ecuador

23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Georgia

41 of its 55 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tbilisi accounted for 40 of Georgia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 36 of Tbilisi's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Congo

18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Senegal

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dakar accounted for 17 of Senegal's 19 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

108 of its 153 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Japan

214 of its 901 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

18 of Yerevan's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Senegal (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Mexico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Israel (22 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); accidents in Japan (13 of its stories, about 5 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 23 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 25,643 stories about harm among 98,523 counted on 23 Feb.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Myanmar. of the day's 98,523 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Senegal's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. On 24 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 today. In Myanmar, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 69% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar77 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Georgia75 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Guinea71 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Niger60 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1408 Delhi India196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Yangon Myanmar46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Beijing China44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 New York US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Malta about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 13,295 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,783 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,774 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,972 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,022 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 839 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 458 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 252 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 killed6,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees215 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting abductions201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about half 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 →

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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
● 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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