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16,901 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Khartoum (Sudan), people affected in Bangladesh and rights and justice in Tehran. Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 78 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 52
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Sudan

67 of its 86 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Khartoum accounted for 47 of Sudan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 40 of Khartoum's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Bangladesh

89 of its 182 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

103 of its 218 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 69 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Myanmar

50 of its 63 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 9 of Aung Hlaing's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Africa

229 of its 525 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 31 of Sharpeville's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 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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Health

Belgium

37 of its 98 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times 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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Conflict & violence

Russia

934 of its 2,956 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

594 of its 1,985 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Plane crash was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and heavy rain.

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Health

Tunisia

40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Malawi (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in China (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in US (182 of its stories, about three 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 21 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 16,901 stories about harm among 75,231 counted on 21 Mar.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,231 stories, as usual. On 21 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 22 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar79 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia53 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Iraq52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong52 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 55 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Moscow Russia99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Khartoum Sudan40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Sharpeville South Africa31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSweden: 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'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSt 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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 twice as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,185 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 6,941 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 2,882 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,232 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 859 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 753 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 611 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 470 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 killed3,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced369 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions110 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 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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