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The day's news pointed at violence in Ankara, landslides in Kashmir and people injured in Bolivia. Bolivia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 55 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

103 of its 186 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ankara accounted for 32 of Türkiye's 103 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bolivia

24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

100 of its 302 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Syria

36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 12 of Lebanon's 18 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

19 of Athens' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Italy

120 of its 373 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rome accounted for 81 of Italy's 120 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets.

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Health

Argentina

21 of its 46 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in India (149 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Argentina (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Greece (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (12 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 1 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 10,483 stories about harm among 58,072 counted on 1 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 58,072 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Türkiye stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 1 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over February, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in February 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye55 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba51 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Newark US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Chicago US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 New York US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Athens Greece19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 20

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readLaos: 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'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: 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 readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sHong Kong: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 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'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: 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 fearful 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 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 twice 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'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little angrier 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 250 stories about harm ● Bolivia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 3,164 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 2,600 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,948 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,247 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 516 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 339 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 178 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 killed2,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions216 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 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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