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Protests in Athens (Greece), the earthquake in Nepal and people killed in Türkiye drew the news. Greece's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 38 in 100 of its 242 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Greece

106 of its 267 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Athens accounted for 69 of Greece's 106 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 62 of Athens' 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Accidents were named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

50 of its 86 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

119 of its 266 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Flu was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

184 of its 662 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Rome accounted for 132 of Italy's 184 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories). Flu was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

53 of its 108 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 33 of Lebanon's 53 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Romania

91 of its 242 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bucharest accounted for 62 of Romania's 91 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

170 of its 535 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

243 of its 680 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Congo

51 of its 66 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

France

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in South Korea (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in India (116 of its stories, more than ten 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 28 Feb. 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 17,070 stories about harm among 96,821 counted on 28 Feb.

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Nepal's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 96,821 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Greece, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 29 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo77 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Sudan66 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 650 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal58 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria55 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 761 Athens Greece62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Chicago US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Manhattan US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

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'sYemen: 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: 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: 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'sTunisia: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world's · 392 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Nepal about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,313 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice28% 4,658 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,762 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence11% 1,776 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 708 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 642 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 568 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 266 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 killed3,631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,961 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured775 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions355 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the DR Congo

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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