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13,556 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Paris (France), evacuations in Malawi and people killed in Niger. Malawi'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 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 76 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 49
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

France

205 of its 713 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Paris accounted for 149 of France's 205 stories about harm, carried by 386 outlets. 109 of Paris' 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories).

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malawi

102 of its 134 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

26 of its 34 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 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.

Niger over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Tanzania

28 of its 80 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Senegal

18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 17 of Senegal's 18 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 16 of Dakar's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Canada

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 33 of Iran's 59 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 23 of Tehran's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Burundi

15 of its 16 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Polio was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

79 of its 152 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

33 of its 56 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tripoli accounted for 18 of Libya's 33 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Burundi (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 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 17 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 13,556 stories about harm among 72,896 counted on 17 Mar.

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Burundi's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 72,896 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In France, 29% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. On 17 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Malawi76 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Mozambique70 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine66 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq52 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Jerusalem Israel26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Lahore Pakistan26 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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 readSudan: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 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'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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 284 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,416 stories · about as usual Rights & justice28% 3,688 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,956 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,369 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 558 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 484 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 199 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 killed2,978 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,647 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured574 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions207 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees101 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Malawi Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia

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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