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50,693 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Poopo (Bolivia), people displaced in Kenya and abductions in Uganda. Sierra Leone's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 69 in 100 of its 245 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Bolivia

168 of its 245 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Poopo accounted for 162 of Bolivia's 168 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. 153 of Poopo's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Drought was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Poopo stories →
Conflict & violence

Kenya

509 of its 911 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Natural hazards were named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

262 of its 487 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

299 of its 381 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Moldova

224 of its 321 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Chisinau accounted for 179 of Moldova's 224 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 179 of Chisinau's 179 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (204 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

175 of its 216 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tunis accounted for 126 of Tunisia's 175 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 119 of Tunis' 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

365 of its 414 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 308 of Somalia's 365 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

525 of its 956 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 224 of Cairo's 386 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

5 of Oromo's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drought was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

152 of its 293 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (58 stories). Chikungunya was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); chikungunya in Colombia (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); chikungunya in Jamaica (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Germany (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 50,693 stories about harm among 251,558 counted on 21 Jan.

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Bolivia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 251,558 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Bolivia's news mentioned the drought more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi91 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso90 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 93 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia88 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia81 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone78 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 68 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2943 Peshawar Pakistan263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 995 Cairo Egypt224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Harney County US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Chisinau Moldova179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: too little coverage to readVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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 warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Sierra Leone about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 299 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,630 stories about harm ● Russia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,080 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 365 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 202 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 14,153 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 12,471 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents18% 8,784 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health12% 6,158 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,662 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,052 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,976 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,472 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 killed15,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,934 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,382 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,312 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees1,832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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
● 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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