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Protests in Larissa (Greece), heavy rain in Indonesia and rights and justice in Phnom Penh drew the news. Greece's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 71 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Greece

149 of its 268 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Larissa accounted for 78 of Greece's 149 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 58 of Larissa's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (122 stories). Heavy rain was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Larissa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

59 of its 152 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belarus

101 of its 143 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 57 of Belarus' 101 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 43 of Minsk's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

22 of its 22 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 3 of Matagalpa's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

31 of its 97 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 7 of Caqueta's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

24 of Tehran's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flooding and storms.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

53 of its 131 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 40 of Hong Kong's 53 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Azerbaijan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Iran (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 14,720 stories about harm among 74,461 counted on 3 Mar.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Greece. of the day's 74,461 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Greece stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 3 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belarus71 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Palestine69 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Greece56 in 100 of its 268 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Cambodia55 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 591 Larissa Greece58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Minsk Belarus43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalau: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Belarus about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 166 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 4,910 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice24% 3,510 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,668 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,437 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 638 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 619 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 517 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 248 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 killed3,075 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,534 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,283 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured795 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Russia Stories reporting refugees117 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US

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
● Griefa little less than 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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