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Most of the day's attention went to people injured in Kenya, protests in Algiers (Algeria) and violence in Cairo. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostKenya 76 in 100 of its 976 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Kenya

742 of its 976 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (410 stories). Road crashes were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

107 of its 141 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Algiers accounted for 103 of Algeria's 107 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 98 of Algiers' 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

1,102 of its 1,275 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cairo accounted for 1,004 of Egypt's 1,102 stories about harm, carried by 906 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (906 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

243 of its 454 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 214 of Romania's 243 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (242 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

208 of its 248 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Sofia accounted for 133 of Bulgaria's 208 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (196 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,643 of its 2,768 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (606 stories). Building collapse was named in 519 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

465 of its 525 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 449 of Somalia's 465 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (354 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Côte d’Ivoire

111 of its 140 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Abidjan accounted for 110 of Côte d’Ivoire's 111 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

172 of its 227 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

125 of its 212 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 101 of Warsaw's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Italy (192 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (519 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Palestine (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sweden (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 28,938 stories about harm among 131,855 counted on 11 Dec.

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In Kenya, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,855 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Italy's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 525 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt86 in 100 of its 1,275 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria84 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 2,062 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Palmyra Syria533 stories about protests or strikes, of its 709 Cairo Egypt389 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1004 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 654 Aleppo Syria106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 725 Warsaw Poland101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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'sCroatia: 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'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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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 readMacao: 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about 4 times as fearful as 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'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: 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 twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJersey: 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

● Türkiye about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 391 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 465 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as warm as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,700 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 8,308 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice23% 6,609 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents19% 5,364 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health14% 4,026 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,283 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 865 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 656 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 484 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 killed12,045 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people injured4,716 at about twice the usual rate · most about Egypt and Nigeria Stories reporting arrests2,770 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,671 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees305 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill38 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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