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The day's news pointed at protests in Banjul (Gambia), deaths in Bangkok and violence in Aleppo. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 88 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

243 of its 443 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Banjul accounted for 181 of the Gambia's 243 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 91 of Banjul's 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Landslides were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

484 of its 1,089 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bangkok accounted for 361 of Thailand's 484 stories about harm, carried by 430 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (262 stories). Train derailment was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 864 of Syria's 1,178 stories about harm, carried by 542 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

139 of its 192 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 135 of Senegal's 139 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (132 stories).

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

Bangladesh

331 of its 719 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 54 of Dhaka's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

105 of its 298 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chile

102 of its 307 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

324 of its 1,755 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

25 of its 76 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Namibia

37 of its 121 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Poland (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Namibia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Japan (56 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (12 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 1 Dec. 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 57,326 stories about harm among 284,854 counted on 1 Dec.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to the Gambia. of the day's 284,854 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the Gambia's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. Over November, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Antarctica88 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 13 · mostly displacement South Sudan78 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 1,532 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Congo75 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Libya74 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1998 Jakarta Indonesia207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Bogota Colombia151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Charlotte US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Aleppo Syria138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 864

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as angry 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 410 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Argentina about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Chile about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,871 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health22% 12,632 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence17% 9,841 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,149 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,511 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,413 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,854 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,139 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 killed16,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,019 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees836 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced652 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill93 at about the usual rate

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 much softer than 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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