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The news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), deaths in el Alto and violence in Jalalabad. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 41 in 100 of its 201 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

216 of its 237 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Yangon accounted for 140 of Myanmar's 216 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. 137 of Yangon's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (197 stories). Flooding was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bolivia

21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. el Alto accounted for 16 of Bolivia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → El Alto stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

121 of its 172 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Jalalabad accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Jalalabad stories →
Health

South Korea

113 of its 334 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Poisoning was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

48 of its 124 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 10 of Lai Chi Kok's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

83 of its 201 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

89 of its 275 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 39 of Bovenkarspel's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Rights & justice

Senegal

21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dakar accounted for 18 of Senegal's 21 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

30 of its 36 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Gambia

15 of its 33 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Jamaica (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in South Sudan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Iceland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Mar. 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 25,343 stories about harm among 99,735 counted on 3 Mar.

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The news turned to Myanmar for the sixth day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 99,735 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Myanmar stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 74%. A year earlier, on 3 March 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar91 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq58 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen57 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US355 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1348 Yangon Myanmar137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Delhi India58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Bovenkarspel Netherlands39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Moscow Russia36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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'sEcuador: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sAustralia: 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 readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: 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'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Myanmar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,344 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice19% 4,841 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,050 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,861 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 826 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 602 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 371 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 225 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 killed6,129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,864 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations47 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore Stories reporting people falling ill29 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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