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31,707 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Bucharest (Romania), a disaster in Zagan and violence in Beirut. Poland's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 85 in 100 of its 260 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Romania

220 of its 260 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bucharest accounted for 193 of Romania's 220 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 163 of Bucharest's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Plague was named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Poland

137 of its 210 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Zagan accounted for 117 of Poland's 137 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Zagan stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

167 of its 244 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 148 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

37 of its 144 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Brazil

237 of its 447 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 81 of Rio Grande do Norte's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

539 of its 566 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bougainville accounted for 505 of Papua New Guinea's 539 stories about harm, carried by 616 outlets. Tsunami was named in 536 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

334 of its 354 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 210 of Yemen's 334 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

China

621 of its 2,530 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (204 stories). Landslides were named in 202 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

India

2,258 of its 7,745 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (1,187 stories). Train derailment was named in 937 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

637 of its 1,392 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Banjul accounted for 570 of the Gambia's 637 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (536 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Italy (412 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (937 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (202 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 31,707 stories about harm among 138,352 counted on 22 Jan.

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In Romania, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 138,352 stories, above the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Romania. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. On 23 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea95 in 100 of its 566 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen94 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Romania85 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 854 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon68 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2078 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3085 Kremlin Russia213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 San Francisco US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Banjul Gambia174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Bucharest Romania163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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: too little coverage to readNew 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'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'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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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 readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than 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'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 334 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as fearful as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● France about three times as fearful as the world's · 279 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,081 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents25% 7,908 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 5,638 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health12% 3,857 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,744 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,008 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 574 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 401 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 killed10,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,878 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions278 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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