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42,523 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), violence in Jerusalem and rights and justice in Savieciai. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm Country hit hardestLibya 90 in 100 of its 243 stories
RegionMiddle East & North Africa not compared yet
Tone of the words Not compared yet across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 434 of Afghanistan's 662 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

221 of Tehran's 334 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kigali accounted for 121 of Rwanda's 160 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.

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21 in 100 stories were about harm

25 the day before
25 in 10021 in 1001 Jan2 Jan3 Jan4 Jan1 Jan: 24 in 1002 Jan: 25 in 1003 Jan: 25 in 1004 Jan: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 42,523 stories about harm among 201,127 counted on 4 Jan.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Saudi Arabia. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,127 news stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 243 stories · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 271 stories · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala77 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq74 in 100 of its 760 stories · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 933 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia1793 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2182 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US738 stories about protests or strikes, of its 805 Washington US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1361 Awamiya Saudi Arabia245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Tehran Iran221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 84 in 100 of its 271 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Venezuela: 32 in 100 of its 214 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Puerto Rico: 61 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Uganda: 30 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Türkiye: 41 in 100 of its 812 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Tunisia: 47 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Tonga: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 56 in 100 of its 632 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sweden: 29 in 100 of its 590 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 45 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 135 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sri Lanka: 31 in 100 of its 409 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Africa: 34 in 100 of its 1,198 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 58 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Slovakia: 53 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sierra Leone: 40 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Saudi Arabia: 63 in 100 of its 5,098 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Rwanda: 65 in 100 of its 246 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Russia: 27 in 100 of its 1,325 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Poland: 40 in 100 of its 497 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Pakistan: 47 in 100 of its 1,662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nicaragua: 56 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nepal: 41 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Namibia: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mexico: 44 in 100 of its 961 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mauritania: 88 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mali: 42 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malawi: 39 in 100 of its 116 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Lithuania: 68 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Libya: 90 in 100 of its 243 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Lebanon: 45 in 100 of its 185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kenya: 39 in 100 of its 756 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Jordan: 28 in 100 of its 347 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 64 in 100 of its 1,334 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 74 in 100 of its 760 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iran: 29 in 100 of its 1,532 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)India: 35 in 100 of its 11,393 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Guinea: 46 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Guatemala: 77 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Germany: 37 in 100 of its 1,676 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)France: 29 in 100 of its 2,108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Fiji: 31 in 100 of its 153 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 39 in 100 of its 218 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Egypt: 32 in 100 of its 388 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Dominica: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Denmark: 43 in 100 of its 645 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Hong Kong: 31 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Central African Republic: 41 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burundi: 66 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bolivia: 55 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Benin: 47 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Belgium: 36 in 100 of its 266 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bangladesh: 51 in 100 of its 550 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bahrain: 32 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bahamas: 50 in 100 of its 269 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Argentina: 35 in 100 of its 279 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 71 in 100 of its 933 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Libya 90 in 100 of its 243 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 84 in 100 of its 271 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 74 in 100 of its 760 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 71 in 100 of its 933 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 64 in 100 of its 1,334 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Saudi Arabia 63 in 100 of its 5,098 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 13,288 stories Rights & justice26% 10,656 stories Disasters & accidents21% 8,877 stories Health7% 2,984 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,451 stories Displacement3% 1,382 stories Shelter & services3% 1,255 stories Food & livelihood2% 856 stories

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 killed15,405 stories Stories reporting arrests5,540 stories Stories reporting people affected4,991 stories Stories reporting people injured4,284 stories Stories reporting refugees1,208 stories Stories reporting evacuations550 stories Stories reporting abductions483 stories Stories reporting people displaced228 stories Stories reporting people falling ill46 stories

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

● Anger–
● Warmth–
● Grief–
● Fear–

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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