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16,451 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Road crashes in Kashmir, violence in Aleppo and rights and justice in Port-au-Prince drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBotswana 76 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 13
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

48 of its 106 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

117 of its 145 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Aleppo accounted for 105 of Syria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

65 of its 102 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 32 of Haiti's 65 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Health

Taiwan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Madagascar

24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

251 of its 517 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Covid was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Botswana

38 of its 50 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Gaborone accounted for 26 of Botswana's 38 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

84 of its 317 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 320 of Russia's 429 stories about harm, carried by 475 outlets. Bridge collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in South Africa (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Spain (14 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flu in Italy (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 16,451 stories about harm among 92,654 counted on 29 Mar.

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Greece's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,654 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kashmir, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. On 30 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria81 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Botswana76 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 13 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel65 in 100 of its 1,150 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti64 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649 Delhi India84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Moscow Russia59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 Northern Ireland UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Hollywood US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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'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'sSouth Korea: 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'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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 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'sMongolia: 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'sMalaysia: 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'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'sJordan: 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'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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice 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'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as fearful as the world's · 429 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 742 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,567 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,347 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,689 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,230 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 874 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 593 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 584 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed4,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions341 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations63 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Kazakhstan 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 about as 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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