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23,813 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Baghdad and rights and justice in Stockholm. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 62 in 100 of its 388 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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

Israel

2,601 of its 4,505 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jerusalem accounted for 2,485 of Israel's 2,601 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. 1,708 of Jerusalem's 2,485 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,050 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

474 of its 635 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 321 of Iraq's 474 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

242 of its 388 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Stockholm accounted for 169 of Sweden's 242 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (220 stories).

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

98 of its 142 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Venezuela

249 of its 323 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 221 of Venezuela's 249 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 198 of Caracas' 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

121 of its 212 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 110 of Lebanon's 121 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 100 of Beirut's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 143 of Syria's 201 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 115 of Ghouta's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Hunger was named in 118 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

74 of its 99 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 10 of Douala's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tanzania

42 of its 95 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

291 of its 1,005 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Food poisoning was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Syria (118 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); food poisoning in France (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (964 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Ghana (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 23,813 stories about harm among 100,743 counted on 10 Dec.

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The news turned to Israel for the third day running. Mentions of the hunger ran about 9 times their usual in Syria's news. of the day's 100,743 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Israel stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela77 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Cameroon75 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Iraq75 in 100 of its 635 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia69 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1708 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2485 Caracas Venezuela198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 520 Mississippi US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Ramallah Palestine131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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 readMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sAksai Chin: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer 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'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Egypt about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Norway about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Cameroon about twice as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,966 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 5,279 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,858 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 3,447 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,092 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 908 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 494 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 444 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 killed7,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,758 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations440 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced281 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting abductions264 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about a third of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and Canada

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
● Feara little less 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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