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Storms in Egypt, arrests in Libya and protests in Minsk (Belarus) drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 55 in 100 of its 477 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

264 of its 477 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Suez accounted for 219 of Egypt's 264 stories about harm, carried by 566 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Storms were named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with dust storm.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Suez stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

52 of its 87 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

143 of its 268 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

48 of its 121 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 44 of Myanmar's 79 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 43 of Yangon's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

16 of its 27 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Brazil

134 of its 302 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Kenya

108 of its 292 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: dust storm in Netherlands (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (242 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (10 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 25 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 24,278 stories about harm among 98,172 counted on 25 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Egypt. of the day's 98,172 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. A year earlier, on 25 March 2020, 41 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Egypt's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar79 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice Iceland70 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen63 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Libya60 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1253 Xinjiang China49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Los Angeles US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Yangon Myanmar43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: 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'sSouth Africa: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful 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'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 13,244 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 4,800 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,399 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,589 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 750 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 654 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 355 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 274 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 killed6,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations75 at about the usual rate 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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