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47,935 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Milan, protests in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and people falling ill in Guinea. Italy's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 97 in 100 of its 521 stories, usually 27
RegionOceania 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 →
Conflict & violence

Italy

2,293 of its 4,144 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Milan accounted for 1,989 of Italy's 2,293 stories about harm, carried by 1,451 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,292 stories). Plague was named in 300 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Protests & strikes

Mongolia

58 of its 80 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 52 of Mongolia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 35 of Ulaanbaatar's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Extreme cold was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories → Ulaanbaatar stories →
Health

Guinea

503 of its 521 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

39 of its 98 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Romania

101 of its 262 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 84 of Bucharest's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Australia

2,690 of its 7,424 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Tropical storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

1,828 of its 3,455 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Berlin accounted for 1,532 of Germany's 1,828 stories about harm, carried by 1,041 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (812 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

132 of its 416 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 37 of Harare's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

66 of its 108 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

226 of its 267 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in Ghana (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in China (144 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (176 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sudan (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 23 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 47,935 stories about harm among 216,089 counted on 23 Dec.

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In Italy, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 216,089 stories, above the usual 21. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate. In Mongolia's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea97 in 100 of its 521 stories · usually 27 · mostly health Yemen91 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo85 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 2,144 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Mongolia72 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 18 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1520 Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1714 Tripoli Libya155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 593 Albuquerque US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Jerusalem Israel93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCameroon: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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 readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: 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 angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAruba: 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

● Brazil about three times as fearful as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,293 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 218 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,673 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 12,398 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health20% 9,303 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,370 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,280 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,590 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 860 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 killed15,765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,716 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people affected5,535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions696 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting evacuations600 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced371 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Guinea

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
● Feara little more 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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