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35,459 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to train derailment in Bulgaria, violence in Sanaa and protests in Oslo (Norway). Yemen's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 91 in 100 of its 809 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

738 of its 809 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories). Train derailment was named in 651 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

383 of its 407 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sanaa accounted for 297 of Yemen's 383 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (316 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Norway

74 of its 189 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 32 of Oslo's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

South Korea

386 of its 1,218 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 333 of Seoul's 346 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (288 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

827 of its 2,090 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Building collapse was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

452 of its 669 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

148 of its 271 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

98 of its 272 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (91 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

82 of its 91 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bujumbura accounted for 80 of Burundi's 82 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 76 of Bujumbura's 80 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Haiti (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (76 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Venezuela (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Jordan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 35,459 stories about harm among 157,111 counted on 10 Dec.

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Bulgaria's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. In Bulgaria's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. 23 in every 100 of the day's 157,111 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen94 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria91 in 100 of its 809 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Solomon Islands91 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi90 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 3,004 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1194 Aleppo Syria245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1374 Banjul Gambia161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Palmyra Syria86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 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 readHong Kong: 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'sMyanmar: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 · 452 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as warm as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 383 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 520 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 827 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,444 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 8,368 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,712 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,683 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,177 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,081 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,017 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 521 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 killed13,113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,618 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bulgaria Stories reporting people displaced767 at about twice the usual rate · most about Colombia and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees498 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill121 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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