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25,010 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Bucharest, people injured in Sudan and arrests in Azerbaijan drew the news. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 47 in 100 of its 276 stories, usually 10
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sudan

37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

70 of its 184 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Haiti

41 of its 70 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bahrain

12 of its 44 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 98 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 71 of Syria's 132 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Switzerland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Thailand (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Philippines (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 25,010 stories about harm among 133,856 counted on 31 Mar.

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In Romania, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 10% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 133,856 stories, as usual. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Switzerland's news. On 31 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 39 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria68 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Malawi57 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 598 Washington US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 855 Nashville US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Ciudad Juarez Mexico46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 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: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Azerbaijan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 336 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Finland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 7,892 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 6,486 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,081 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 2,246 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,250 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,227 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 887 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 458 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 killed5,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations231 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting abductions174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced167 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran

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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