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Most of the day's attention went to the tsunami in Indonesia, protests in Rabat (Morocco) and violence in Tirana. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 77 in 100 of its 333 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

2,474 of its 2,930 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Meureudu accounted for 1,353 of Indonesia's 2,474 stories about harm, carried by 982 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (2,306 stories). Tsunami was named in 2,003 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Meureudu stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

258 of its 333 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Rabat accounted for 220 of Morocco's 258 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 121 of Rabat's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories).

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

214 of its 369 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Brazil

180 of its 840 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 31 of Rio de Janeiro's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). House fires were named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

128 of its 164 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sarajevo accounted for 74 of Bosnia's 128 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

90 of its 292 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 31 of Syunik's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Rights & justice

Kenya

256 of its 731 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

210 of its 796 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

1,325 of its 2,944 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (337 stories). Heavy rain was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Afghanistan (169 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Brazil (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Lesotho (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Benin (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in United Arab Emirates (27 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 7 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 59,029 stories about harm among 277,228 counted on 7 Dec.

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Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 277,228 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%.

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Indonesia84 in 100 of its 2,930 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria80 in 100 of its 2,284 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia78 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco77 in 100 of its 333 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2239 Aleppo Syria295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1583 Pearl Harbor US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1698 Charleston US219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667 Rabat Morocco121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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'sMauritania: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJamaica: 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 fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Switzerland about three times as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as warm as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,820 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,593 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence21% 12,223 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 12,011 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health18% 10,194 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,382 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,733 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,398 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,264 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 killed21,469 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people affected7,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees858 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and France Stories reporting evacuations777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced569 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions470 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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