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The day's news pointed at power cuts in the Solomon Islands, violence in Cairo and protests in Bogota (Colombia). Egypt'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 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 67 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
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

Solomon Islands

416 of its 447 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kirakira accounted for 189 of the Solomon Islands' 416 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (78 stories). Power cuts were named in 118 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Solomon Islands over 30 days → its stories → Kirakira stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

668 of its 914 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 560 of Egypt's 668 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (405 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

251 of its 479 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Bogota's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Health

Lithuania

34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

255 of its 585 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (129 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

140 of its 254 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Phnom Penh accounted for 116 of Cambodia's 140 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

109 of its 141 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sirte accounted for 76 of Libya's 109 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

138 of its 205 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

537 of its 1,239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

567 of its 991 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Korea (156 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Haiti (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (144 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in Peru (13 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 9 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 54,715 stories about harm among 261,313 counted on 9 Dec.

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The Solomon Islands' news mentioned power cuts about 5 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 261,313 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Solomon Islands, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Solomon Islands93 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya77 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 2,583 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt73 in 100 of its 914 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria482 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1625 Seoul South Korea462 stories about protests or strikes, of its 503 Washington US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1915 Kabul Afghanistan224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Oakland US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 929

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'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'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'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sEswatini: 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 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: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'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'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: 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'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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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): 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Netherlands about three times as fearful as the world's · 537 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as warm as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as warm as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 668 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 542 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 15,704 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence20% 10,720 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,533 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,977 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,210 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,945 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,757 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,061 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 killed19,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations926 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and India Stories reporting refugees763 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced509 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions397 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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