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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dakar (Senegal), rights and justice in Malabo and people injured in Pakistan. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEquatorial Guinea 93 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 36
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

Senegal

45 of its 61 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Dakar accounted for 41 of Senegal's 45 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 35 of Dakar's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Equatorial Guinea

62 of its 67 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Malabo accounted for 31 of Equatorial Guinea's 62 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Equatorial Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Malabo stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

205 of its 594 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Syria

106 of its 164 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Covid was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

131 of its 145 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Yangon accounted for 96 of Myanmar's 131 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 93 of Yangon's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Jersey

25 of its 88 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 34 of Yemen's 54 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Cameroon

37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Covid was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

36 of its 82 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Cameroon (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Niger (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Myanmar (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Iraq (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 8 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 20,865 stories about harm among 84,866 counted on 8 Mar.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Senegal. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 84,866 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Syria's news. A year earlier, on 8 March 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Senegal stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Equatorial Guinea93 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 36 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Myanmar90 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Senegal74 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Cameroon66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Yemen66 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 924 Yangon Myanmar93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Minneapolis US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 London UK61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512 Beijing China52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful 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'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sAustria: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Equatorial Guinea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Senegal few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 10,912 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,930 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,724 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,353 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 430 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 375 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 226 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 killed4,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured945 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill18 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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