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The news turned to a disaster in the Red Sea, protests in Warsaw (Poland) and people injured in Iran. Djibouti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDjibouti 70 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 41
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Djibouti

96 of its 138 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. the Red Sea accounted for 95 of Djibouti's 96 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

37 of its 129 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 21 of Warsaw's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

95 of its 173 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Yemen

73 of its 88 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Sanaa accounted for 35 of Yemen's 73 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

120 of its 427 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

139 of its 217 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 99 of Haiti's 139 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Germany

237 of its 965 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

111 of its 429 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in France (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Canada (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in China (11 of its stories, about three 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 7 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 20,038 stories about harm among 117,679 counted on 7 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 117,679 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual in France's news. On 8 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Djibouti stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen83 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Djibouti70 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan67 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 1,542 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti64 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 654 Jerusalem Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Hollywood US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Gaza Palestine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Moscow Russia33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 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'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: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: 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 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'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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCambodia: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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'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 grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: 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'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 991 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Djibouti about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,211 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 4,891 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,825 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,752 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 930 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 882 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 788 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 354 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 killed4,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,017 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations77 at about half the usual rate · most about Djibouti and the US Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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