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19,790 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Nablus, arrests in Peru and people killed in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 48 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Conflict & violence

Palestine

35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Nablus accounted for 21 of Palestine's 35 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

72 of its 102 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 72 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 779 of Ukraine's 1,682 stories about harm, carried by 1,009 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

76 of its 219 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

682 of its 2,054 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories).

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Health

Mexico

84 of its 276 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Australia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,790 stories about harm among 87,616 counted on 15 Mar.

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Of the day's 87,616 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 March 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria71 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen58 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Kyiv Ukraine140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 779 Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 663 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Boston US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'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'sLibya: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sIceland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: 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'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Iceland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 1,111 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,682 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 8,917 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,286 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,415 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,686 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Displacement5% 1,014 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 986 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 627 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 606 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 killed4,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees768 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced245 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine

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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