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The news turned to deaths in Tallinn, helicopter crash in Cameroon and protests in Bucharest (Romania). Cameroon'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 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMauritius 73 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Estonia

85 of its 137 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Tallinn accounted for 63 of Estonia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Estonia over 30 days → its stories → Tallinn stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

141 of its 211 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (125 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 40 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 one and a half times its own usual.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

172 of its 323 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bucharest accounted for 157 of Romania's 172 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 134 of Bucharest's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories).

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

181 of its 571 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 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
Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

398 of its 843 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Astana accounted for 388 of Kazakhstan's 398 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

175 of its 386 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 71 of Warsaw's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

French Polynesia

16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

409 of its 740 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 306 of Egypt's 409 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

659 of its 1,500 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (460 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

299 of its 651 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Volcanic eruption was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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: building collapse in Iran (113 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Netherlands (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in French Polynesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Myanmar (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 23 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 50,311 stories about harm among 240,196 counted on 23 Jan.

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Estonia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 240,196 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran's news, mentions of building collapse ran about 6 times their usual. On 24 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen82 in 100 of its 353 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Mauritius73 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 12 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela72 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 45 · mostly food & livelihood Iraq68 in 100 of its 660 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon67 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3075 Chennai India326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Tijuana Mexico179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Silver Bow Creek US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Nebraska US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRwanda: 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 readNorway: 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 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sIndia: 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: 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: 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 readFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'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'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'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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 three times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: 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'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 451 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 239 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,055 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 10,959 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health18% 8,622 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,596 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,972 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,848 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,106 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,047 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 killed15,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,526 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,932 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees805 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations438 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions388 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little less 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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