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21,206 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to illness in Discovery Bay, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Wellington (New Zealand). Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 65 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 48
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Health

Hong Kong

85 of its 131 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Discovery Bay accounted for 42 of Hong Kong's 85 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Discovery Bay stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Benin

10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

74 of its 243 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

62 of its 124 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

El Salvador

12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

19 of its 41 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Spain

118 of its 431 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Tonga (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in France (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Feb. 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 21,206 stories about harm among 93,714 counted on 10 Feb.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Hong Kong. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 93,714 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 10 February 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Hong Kong, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga90 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 88 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia83 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong65 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Syria63 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 840 Wellington New Zealand70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Paris France57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sGrenada: 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: 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: 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 readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like 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'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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 · 74 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 287 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,820 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,992 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,609 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,406 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 920 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 430 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 224 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 killed4,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured817 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions111 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill25 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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