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47,234 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at power cuts in South Sudan, violence in Brussels and protests in Oromo (Ethiopia). el Salvador's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMali 93 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 31
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Shelter & services

South Sudan

194 of its 235 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Juba accounted for 124 of South Sudan's 194 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (64 stories). Power cuts were named in 110 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

429 of its 680 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Brussels accounted for 381 of Belgium's 429 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (372 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

118 of its 203 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 86 of Oromo's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Egypt

570 of its 840 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Cairo accounted for 447 of Egypt's 570 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,007 of its 1,268 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 459 of Israel's 641 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

320 of Riyadh's 475 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

199 of its 213 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bamako accounted for 134 of Mali's 199 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (93 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

809 of its 1,714 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with covid and cholera.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Cambodia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (201 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Singapore (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Iran (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Jan. 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 47,234 stories about harm among 227,507 counted on 8 Jan.

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South Sudan's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. South Sudan's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. of the day's 227,507 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali93 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea91 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Libya83 in 100 of its 724 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 51 · mostly shelter & services Syria79 in 100 of its 1,268 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US361 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2291 Riyadh Saudi Arabia320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Madaya Syria237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 497 Maine US207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Philadelphia US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sFiji: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 735 stories about harm ● Kuwait about twice as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 570 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 600 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 641 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 14,390 stories · about as usual Rights & justice29% 13,472 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,295 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Health10% 4,651 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,527 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,726 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,687 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,562 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 killed14,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees1,979 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations516 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the UK Stories reporting abductions484 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mali and the US Stories reporting people displaced332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Guinea

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

How it felt 30 days →

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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