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The news turned to landslides in Rwanda, protests in Baku (Azerbaijan) and people displaced in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 44 in 100 of its 284 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

29 of its 42 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Rubaya accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 29 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Rubaya stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

125 of its 284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 43 of Baku's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

119 of its 172 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Beirut accounted for 93 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

2,065 of its 4,197 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 903 of Iran's 2,065 stories about harm, carried by 893 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (470 stories). Oil spill was named in 27 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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Conflict & violence

United Arab Emirates

132 of its 455 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Dubai accounted for 117 of the United Arab Emirates' 132 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Argentina

19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Canada

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 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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Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Oil spill was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Oman

18 of its 52 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 16,300 stories about harm among 87,555 counted on 5 Mar.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US. of the day's 87,555 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Rwanda's news mentioned landslides about 7 times as often as usual. Rwanda's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 5 March 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon69 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 49 · mostly displacement Palestine55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka50 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran49 in 100 of its 4,197 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 903 Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 652 Baku Azerbaijan43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Kathmandu Nepal38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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'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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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 more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: 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 more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 2,065 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Canada about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 417 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Argentina few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 305 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 3,735 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence23% 3,614 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health22% 3,555 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,362 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood5% 805 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 695 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 513 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 killed4,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,186 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting arrests1,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations260 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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