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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Islamabad, the covid in Belize and violence in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelize 69 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

100 of its 246 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 45 of Pakistan's 100 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Health

Belize

41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

41 of its 64 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 18 of Afghanistan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

32 of its 74 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

39 of its 184 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Prague accounted for 26 of the Czechia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Guinea-Bissau

6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bissau accounted for 6 of Guinea-Bissau's 6 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

6 of Nairobi's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

France

Paris accounted for 51 of France's 73 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in UK (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in US (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 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 22 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 7,822 stories about harm among 46,520 counted on 22 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 18 December 2019. Belize's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 46,520 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 22 March 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belize69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq57 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia43 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Manhattan US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Paris France25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Los Angeles US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Philadelphia US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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'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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: 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'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: 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 angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAnguilla: 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

● Belize few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 2,862 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice23% 1,774 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,226 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 736 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 353 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 305 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 274 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 162 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 killed1,557 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests644 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured374 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations52 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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.

● Angera little less than 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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