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Most of the day's attention went to house fires in Jordan, protests in Hanoi (Vietnam) and the earthquake in Ecuador. Jordan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and Germany →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostJordan 76 in 100 of its 1,048 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

793 of its 1,048 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Karak accounted for 465 of Jordan's 793 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (485 stories). House fires were named in 260 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Karak stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

203 of its 561 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 101 of Hanoi's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories). Tropical storm was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

119 of its 155 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (97 stories). Earthquake was named in 97 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami and power cuts.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,715 of its 3,038 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Ankara accounted for 1,355 of Türkiye's 1,715 stories about harm, carried by 1,015 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (835 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

413 of its 1,484 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 247 of Seoul's 344 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Hypothermia was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

197 of its 252 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Qoryooley accounted for 112 of Somalia's 197 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

125 of its 212 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Heavy rain was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

1,583 of its 3,183 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Berlin accounted for 1,347 of Germany's 1,583 stories about harm, carried by 1,033 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

DR Congo

40 of its 53 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 25 of Kinshasa's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Fiji (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Cuba (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Myanmar (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (256 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in France (58 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 19 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 50,025 stories about harm among 236,594 counted on 19 Dec.

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Jordan's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 236,594 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and Germany. It was the second day running that the news turned to Jordan. In Ecuador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso85 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Syria82 in 100 of its 3,595 stories · usually 79 · mostly displacement Somalia78 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Congo78 in 100 of its 400 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Ecuador77 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria746 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2707 Ankara Türkiye454 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1355 Washington US299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1367 Seoul South Korea247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344 Bolivar Venezuela136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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 readCameroon: 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'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'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: 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'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Jordan about three times as angry as the world's · 793 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 316 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 197 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 12,432 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence23% 11,153 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,481 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,010 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,577 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 2,975 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 1,664 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 804 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 killed17,299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,285 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected6,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,833 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and Germany Stories reporting refugees847 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced419 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Syria Stories reporting abductions339 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about a third of 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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