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The news turned to protests in Bogota (Colombia), violence in Berlin and people affected in Mexico. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBahrain 68 in 100 of its 282 stories, usually 30
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

162 of its 306 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bogota accounted for 123 of Colombia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. 117 of Bogota's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (43 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

2,877 of its 4,639 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Berlin accounted for 2,639 of Germany's 2,877 stories about harm, carried by 1,361 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,881 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mexico

679 of its 1,455 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (305 stories). Whooping cough was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

136 of its 315 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Lima accounted for 122 of Peru's 136 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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

Afghanistan

354 of its 493 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 251 of Afghanistan's 354 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 144 of Kabul's 251 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

591 of its 1,001 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ankara accounted for 319 of Türkiye's 591 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

821 of its 978 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (528 stories). Power cuts were named in 113 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 2,279 of Syria's 2,576 stories about harm, carried by 1,290 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (390 stories). Snowstorms were named in 408 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with oil spill. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

234 of its 269 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

150 of its 274 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Greenland (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Syria (408 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Jamaica (15 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 22 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 50,519 stories about harm among 243,045 counted on 22 Dec.

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21 in every 100 of the day's 243,045 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq84 in 100 of its 978 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 3,254 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo75 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia72 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria440 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2279 Moscow Russia289 stories about protests or strikes, of its 844 Washington US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2265 Jerusalem Israel171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Kabul Afghanistan144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

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'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 readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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 readJapan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readCzech 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'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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: 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 fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 354 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 821 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Romania about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 98 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 12,943 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence23% 11,432 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,065 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,413 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,737 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,164 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,797 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,148 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 killed17,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,236 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,429 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people affected6,228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,241 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced611 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions461 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

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
● Griefabout as 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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