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49,259 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Jerusalem, road crashes in Haiti and rights and justice in Dakar drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 81 in 100 of its 283 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,183 of its 2,345 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,029 of Israel's 1,183 stories about harm, carried by 642 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (659 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Food & livelihood

Haiti

133 of its 178 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

152 of its 258 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nassau accounted for 140 of the Bahamas' 152 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

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

Kashmir

196 of its 336 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Chile

531 of its 739 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Santiago accounted for 509 of Chile's 531 stories about harm, carried by 599 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (312 stories).

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Rights & justice

France

1,360 of its 2,896 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Paris accounted for 1,212 of France's 1,360 stories about harm, carried by 1,454 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,160 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

255 of its 566 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (227 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

850 of its 2,121 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (589 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

447 of its 746 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Austria (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (115 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Jamaica (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in US (1194 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Jan. 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 49,259 stories about harm among 243,854 counted on 9 Jan.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Guatemala's news. In Israel, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 10 January 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 243,854 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Senegal81 in 100 of its 283 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Syria79 in 100 of its 1,213 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti75 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 53 · mostly food & livelihood Chile72 in 100 of its 739 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US359 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1312 London UK238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 895 Delhi India182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506 Chicago US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 460 Aleppo Syria164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502

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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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 readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'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'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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 angry as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 447 stories about harm ● Haiti about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 850 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 255 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 11,800 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,678 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health19% 9,335 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 9,227 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,010 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,840 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,288 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,257 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 killed16,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,510 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees488 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill192 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 softer 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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