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The news turned to violence in Azaz, protests in Guayaquil (Ecuador) and people displaced in Beirut. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSyria 85 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 58
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

70 of its 82 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Azaz accounted for 56 of Syria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Azaz stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 10 of Guayaquil's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 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.

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

Azerbaijan

44 of its 127 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

172 of its 396 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Power cuts were named in 27 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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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

75 of Tel Aviv's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 19 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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Rights & justice

Netherlands

36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

30 of its 73 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in US (176 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 31 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 9,313 stories about harm among 51,064 counted on 31 Mar.

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In Türkiye's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 51,064 stories, as usual. Syria's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%. On 1 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Haiti, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria85 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 1,206 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 38 · mostly displacement Palestine56 in 100 of its 268 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Delhi India71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Shifa Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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'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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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 readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 one and a half times 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 warm as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times 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'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Russia about three times as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 778 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 149 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,402 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice23% 2,137 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,656 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence17% 1,577 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 546 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 277 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 202 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 killed2,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured948 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions381 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the Netherlands Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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