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49,003 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Aleppo, protests in Medellin (Colombia) and a disaster in Prague. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTonga 90 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 37
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Syria

1,941 of its 2,334 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,272 of Syria's 1,941 stories about harm, carried by 679 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (550 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

310 of its 487 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 26 of Medellin's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Medellin stories →
Disasters & accidents

Czechia

166 of its 357 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Prague accounted for 145 of the Czechia's 166 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Accidents were named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Rights & justice

Tanzania

140 of its 287 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Nepal

172 of its 285 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 40 of Kathmandu's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (126 stories). Landslides were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ireland

487 of its 2,095 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (251 stories). Flu was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

350 of its 639 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 295 of Egypt's 350 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. 156 of Cairo's 295 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

88 of its 100 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bambari accounted for 83 of the Central African Republic's 88 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

736 of its 2,847 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 281 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Spain

278 of its 1,233 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (187 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (281 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in South Africa (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (15 of its stories, about 4 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 5 Feb. 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 49,003 stories about harm among 247,161 counted on 5 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. of the day's 247,161 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Zimbabwe's news mentioned the drought about 4 times as often as usual. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga90 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Mali85 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 2,334 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia81 in 100 of its 391 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1272 Hebron Palestine217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Washington US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1755 Delhi India175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 537 Cairo Egypt156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAruba: 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

● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 685 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 540 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 350 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 522 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 15,612 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence20% 9,721 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Health16% 7,485 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,035 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,277 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,157 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,859 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,818 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 killed11,853 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,521 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Germany Stories reporting people displaced746 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Colombia Stories reporting abductions736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations266 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill67 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● 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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