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19,105 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Beledweyne and Tigray and storms in Paraguay drew the news. 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 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSomalia 85 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 53
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

62 of its 73 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Beledweyne accounted for 28 of Somalia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Beledweyne stories →
Health

Ethiopia

51 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tigray accounted for 30 of Ethiopia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iran

67 of its 119 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 35 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

77 of its 172 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 37 of Bangladesh's 77 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (148 stories). Measles was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Lebanon

31 of its 78 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Portugal

28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Health

Sri Lanka

58 of its 146 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Portugal (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Egypt (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in China (10 of its stories, about 9 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 24 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 19,105 stories about harm among 88,402 counted on 24 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 88,402 stories, below the usual 23. It was the second day running that the news turned to Somalia. In Portugal's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual. A year earlier, on 24 March 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia85 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia46 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Bangladesh45 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 36 · mostly health Hong Kong43 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 53 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649 Kyiv Ukraine97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Sydney Australia26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readAntigua & 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'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'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 1,048 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,059 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 8,561 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice18% 3,346 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,261 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,789 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,132 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 780 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 555 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 499 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 killed3,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced318 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations107 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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