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The earthquake in Ecuador, violence in Moscow and protests in Jerusalem (Israel) drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 94 in 100 of its 147 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

138 of its 147 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Guayaquil accounted for 83 of Ecuador's 138 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Earthquake was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Guayaquil stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

203 of its 595 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 149 of Russia's 203 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

177 of its 363 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 39 of Jerusalem's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

India

573 of its 2,575 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (207 stories). Road crashes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

India over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

277 of its 584 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Lahore accounted for 106 of Pakistan's 277 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

France

78 of its 288 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 45 of Paris' 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

7 of its 13 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

70 of its 138 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 38 of Iraq's 70 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

US

202 of Manhattan's 243 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Hepatitis was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Australia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in UK (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in US (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 7,332 stories about harm among 35,313 counted on 19 Mar.

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In Ecuador, 94% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 35,313 stories, above the usual 20. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ecuador. On 19 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Malawi, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador94 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Malawi77 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine75 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria51 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq51 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Paris France45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Islamabad Pakistan45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry 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

● Ecuador about twice as fearful as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 2,213 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Health26% 1,856 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,202 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,066 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 315 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 242 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 199 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 108 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 killed1,850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,071 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people injured681 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people affected643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations42 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees41 at about half the usual rate · most about Malawi and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about the usual rate

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 harsher 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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