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36,993 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Brussels and the hurricane in Spain drew the news. Spain's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 48 in 100 of its 266 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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

1,268 of its 2,763 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,141 of Israel's 1,268 stories about harm, carried by 432 outlets. 764 of Jerusalem's 1,141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 51 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

Belgium

251 of its 530 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Brussels accounted for 244 of Belgium's 251 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Rights & justice

Spain

331 of its 1,065 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories). Hurricane was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche, heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Jakarta accounted for 359 of Indonesia's 477 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Tsunami was named in 283 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
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Protests & strikes

Honduras

85 of its 118 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 73 of Honduras' 85 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 72 of Tegucigalpa's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Libya

104 of its 129 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 17 of Tripoli's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 8 of Niamey's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

129 of its 266 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

344 of its 814 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 31 of Dakar's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Sierra Leone (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Thailand (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Germany (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 36,993 stories about harm among 195,538 counted on 15 Dec.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. On 15 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Israel's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. of the day's 195,538 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya81 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Somalia80 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador76 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan74 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel764 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1141 Charlottesville US413 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Washington US381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1934 Gaza Palestine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Jakarta Indonesia95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zambia: 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: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about 4 times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice 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 warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Mali about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 111 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,473 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,303 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,455 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,782 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,151 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,273 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,134 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 794 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 killed10,261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,462 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations367 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced348 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of 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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