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Violence in Kabul, protests in Sharpeville (South Africa) and the hunger in Sudan drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 68 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 51
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

113 of its 190 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Displacement

Sudan

69 of its 102 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Hunger was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

94 of its 310 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Haiti

139 of its 205 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 105 of Haiti's 139 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (40 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

10 of its 22 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Cameroun's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 133 of Ukraine's 254 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 193 of Palestine's 241 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Israel (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in UK (12 of its stories, about 5 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 21 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 19,769 stories about harm among 116,998 counted on 21 Mar.

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Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 116,998 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. On 22 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti68 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 58 · mostly displacement Israel60 in 100 of its 1,410 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 403 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 526 Jerusalem Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234

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'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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSouth Korea: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'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: 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'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'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'sFrance: 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCentral African Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: 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'sBarbados: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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'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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiechtenstein: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 853 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 254 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 12 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,053 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,034 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,613 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 976 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 877 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 789 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 492 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 killed4,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions447 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 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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