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23,505 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Dakar (Senegal), violence in Baghdad and evacuations in New Zealand drew the news. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNew Zealand 50 in 100 of its 1,016 stories, usually 25
RegionOceania 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Senegal

53 of its 77 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dakar accounted for 35 of Senegal's 53 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 25 of Dakar's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

290 of its 409 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Baghdad accounted for 201 of Iraq's 290 stories about harm, carried by 496 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

New Zealand

506 of its 1,016 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Brazil

129 of its 285 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

24 of its 60 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Ethiopia

59 of its 98 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 48 of Ethiopia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 62 of Myanmar's 128 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. 58 of Yangon's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Cyprus (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in Türkiye (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Canada (10 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 5 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 23,505 stories about harm among 94,618 counted on 5 Mar.

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In Senegal, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 94,618 stories, below the usual 26. A year earlier, on 5 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 →

Myanmar83 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Iraq71 in 100 of its 409 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal69 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1250 Beijing China77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Yangon Myanmar58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'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'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 Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGrenada: 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 readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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 readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: 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 readLiechtenstein: 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'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsle of Man: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Sri Lanka about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Senegal about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 13,030 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice19% 4,398 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,196 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,637 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 766 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 588 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 453 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 210 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 killed5,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,812 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting evacuations108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and Japan Stories reporting people displaced93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill24 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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