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The news turned to the avalanche in Nepal, protests in Langa Tabiki (French Guiana) and rights and justice in Kasese. North Korea's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrench Guiana 98 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

397 of its 531 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 314 of Nepal's 397 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (121 stories). Avalanche was named in 142 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

French Guiana

130 of its 132 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Langa Tabiki accounted for 130 of French Guiana's 130 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. 130 of Langa Tabiki's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).

French Guiana over 30 days → its stories → Langa Tabiki stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

389 of its 617 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kasese accounted for 214 of Uganda's 389 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (341 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kasese stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Korea

147 of its 307 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pyongyang accounted for 144 of North Korea's 147 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

41 of its 96 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 13 of Almaty's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

211 of its 434 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 109 of Kiev's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories).

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Displacement

Peru

62 of its 230 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Suriname

9 of its 21 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 8 of Paramaribo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

71 of Sao Paulo's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Cuba

Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Tajikistan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in United Arab Emirates (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Austria (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Peru (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Nov. 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 46,949 stories about harm among 236,760 counted on 28 Nov.

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Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. of the day's 236,760 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

French Guiana98 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 10 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal75 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq75 in 100 of its 880 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 2,300 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1567 Cannonball River US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Aleppo Syria229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1367 Havana Cuba203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 870 Delhi India159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 583

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahrain: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little warmer than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMacao: coverage a little more fearful 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

● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as fearful as the world's · 274 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● North Korea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 657 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,883 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 10,229 stories · about as usual Health18% 8,124 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,668 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,406 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,322 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,228 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,209 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 killed14,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations333 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● 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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