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20,865 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →

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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSweden: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWyoming, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 27 outletsSouth Dakota, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCairo, Egypt -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 89 outletsMandalay, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 58 outletsZwettl, Austria -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsNorfolk County, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 24 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● South Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories

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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