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18,996 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to drownings in Taiwan, violence in the Red Sea and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Djibouti's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 57 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

67 of its 185 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kinmen accounted for 54 of Taiwan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drownings were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Kinmen stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

42 of its 87 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. the Red Sea accounted for 41 of Djibouti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
Health

Denmark

29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Papua New Guinea

35 of its 61 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

86 of its 122 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 52 of Haiti's 86 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 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.

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Health

Finland

18 of its 75 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Russia

Kremlin accounted for 427 of Russia's 616 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Estonia

11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Lebanon (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Feb. 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 18,996 stories about harm among 108,809 counted on 20 Feb.

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Mentions of drownings ran about 5 times their usual in Taiwan's news. of the day's 108,809 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Taiwan stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. On 20 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti70 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 1,594 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 475 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea57 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Kremlin Russia112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Delhi India44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Sandeshkhali India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87

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: 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: 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 readTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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'sBolivia: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'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: 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 readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,076 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 616 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 116 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,735 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice26% 4,896 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,530 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,475 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,151 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 719 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 700 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 436 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 killed5,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,029 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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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