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The day's news pointed at protests in Tehran (Iran), deaths in Cundinamarca and landslides in Malawi. Malawi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLibya 70 in 100 of its 107 stories, usually 38
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 43 of Iran's 82 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 29 of Tehran's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Colombia

41 of its 62 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cundinamarca accounted for 27 of Colombia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Cundinamarca stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malawi

83 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

75 of its 107 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tripoli accounted for 45 of Libya's 75 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories).

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

Senegal

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Dakar accounted for 20 of Senegal's 20 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 17 of Dakar's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

78 of its 234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Oil spill was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tigray accounted for 19 of Ethiopia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

65 of its 132 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

23 of its 53 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Netherlands (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 14,291 stories about harm among 78,351 counted on 16 Mar.

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In New Zealand's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 16 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 78,351 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Iran, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Malawi75 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine70 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia66 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 27 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Ethiopia53 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Jerusalem Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Islamabad Pakistan35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Lahore Pakistan34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCuba: 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'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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice 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 about one and a half times as angry as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Malawi about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 4,789 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 3,452 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,111 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,424 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 772 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 667 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 600 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 230 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 killed2,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured715 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees108 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about one and a half times 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 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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