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The news turned to protests in Jenin (Palestine), violence in Pulwama and people injured in Bolivia. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 69 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 48
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

Palestine

38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 19 of Jenin's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

51 of its 91 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Pulwama accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Pulwama stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bolivia

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Belgium

41 of its 102 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Brussels accounted for 38 of Belgium's 41 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 27 of Brussels' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Canada

847 of its 2,015 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 340 of Ottawa's 382 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (236 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 112 of Afghanistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

72 of Wellington's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 29 of Yemen's 44 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

25 of Berlin's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heatwave was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Germany (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Russia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 16,587 stories about harm among 75,177 counted on 14 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Ireland's news. A year earlier, on 14 February 2021, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,177 stories, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen70 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 382 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Wellington New Zealand72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Moscow Russia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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'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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: 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 about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 8,481 stories · less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice19% 3,084 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,567 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,449 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 618 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 569 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 388 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed3,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions106 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations45 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half 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 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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