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The day's news pointed at violence in Sanaa, protests in Warsaw (Poland) and people affected in Libya. Yemen'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 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSyria 80 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 57
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

84 of its 125 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sanaa accounted for 33 of Yemen's 84 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

31 of its 139 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Warsaw's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Djibouti

48 of its 96 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. the Red Sea accounted for 48 of Djibouti's 48 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

47 of its 59 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

241 of its 963 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 33 of Berlin's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with volcanic eruption, power cuts and hiv.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

90 of its 126 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 55 of Sudan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 12 of Mozambique's 14 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Germany (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Egypt (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (15 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 6 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 19,844 stories about harm among 119,606 counted on 6 Mar.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 December 2019. of the day's 119,606 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Germany's news mentioned Covid about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Yemen, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria80 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan71 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen67 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,405 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti56 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649 Moscow Russia71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Gaza Palestine37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Jerusalem Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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 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'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'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: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: 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'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 884 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 212 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,086 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice26% 5,087 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,742 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,517 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,065 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 880 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 757 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 355 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 killed4,647 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions460 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations70 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill16 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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