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14,570 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Lahore (Pakistan), the cyclone in Malawi and violence in Tigray drew the news. Malawi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 84 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 43
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

370 of its 844 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lahore accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 370 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 98 of Lahore's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Lahore stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malawi

111 of its 132 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, tropical storm and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tigray accounted for 31 of Ethiopia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

58 of its 101 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 33 of Afghanistan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

38 of its 47 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 17 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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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 29 of Syria's 62 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

30 of its 56 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 15 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 11 of Dakar's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

18 of Tehran's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Austria

23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Türkiye (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mozambique (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Argentina (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Syria (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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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 14,570 stories about harm among 79,525 counted on 15 Mar.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 79,525 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 15 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Malawi84 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria70 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 48 · mostly displacement Colombia54 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Lahore Pakistan98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Islamabad Pakistan54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Moscow Russia36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: 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'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Malawi about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Belgium few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 15 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,668 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,578 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,239 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,369 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 884 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 718 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 609 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 261 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 killed2,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting evacuations99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of 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 much softer than 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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