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11,104 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Wellington (New Zealand), rights and justice in Aung Hlaing and illness in Yuen Long drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 82 in 100 of its 66 stories, usually 63
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

136 of its 271 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 32 of Wellington's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Cyclone was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and tornadoes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories → Wellington stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 21 of Kashmir's 39 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Afghanistan

169 of its 255 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 116 of Afghanistan's 169 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. 59 of Kabul's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

France

148 of its 511 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Paris accounted for 109 of France's 148 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. 90 of Paris' 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

650 of its 1,523 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ottawa accounted for 280 of Canada's 650 stories about harm, carried by 574 outlets. 256 of Ottawa's 280 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 3 of Bishkek's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ghana

108 of its 284 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 26 of Accra's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of el Valle's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Australia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 11,104 stories about harm among 47,683 counted on 12 Feb.

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Mentions of the cyclone ran about 9 times their usual in New Zealand's news. On 12 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. New Zealand stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 47,683 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar82 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong64 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Syria56 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir51 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Paris France90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Kabul Afghanistan59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Wellington New Zealand32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: no storiesSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: no storiesMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: no storiesMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: no storiesSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: no storiesNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 61 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vietnam: 42 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Uganda: 39 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 60 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Thailand: 41 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tanzania: 70 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Taiwan: 38 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 56 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 52 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Africa: 37 in 100 of its 335 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 43 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Norway: 43 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nicaragua: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)New Zealand: 50 in 100 of its 271 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mozambique: 90 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Malaysia: 36 in 100 of its 258 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Madagascar: 89 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kyrgyzstan: 76 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kuwait: 44 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 39 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 44 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iceland: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ghana: 38 in 100 of its 284 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ethiopia: 43 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cuba: 50 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 64 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Canada: 43 in 100 of its 1,523 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 43 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 82 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burkina Faso: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bolivia: 62 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Barbados: 40 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 45 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 66 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 23 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 66 in 100 of its 255 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Myanmar 82 in 100 of its 66 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Hong Kong 64 in 100 of its 67 stories · mostly health ● New Zealand 50 in 100 of its 271 stories · mostly health ● Canada 43 in 100 of its 1,523 stories · mostly health ● Philippines 43 in 100 of its 327 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 5,573 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice22% 2,379 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents9% 992 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence8% 850 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 370 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 343 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 266 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 231 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 killed2,390 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations42 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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