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The news turned to helicopter crash in Honduras, violence in Libreville and protests in Prague (Czechia). Gabon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 93 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 38
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

138 of its 148 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 130 of Honduras' 138 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Gabon

89 of its 169 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Libreville accounted for 80 of Gabon's 89 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Gabon over 30 days → its stories → Libreville stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

28 of its 69 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 23 of Prague's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Chile

175 of its 577 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Landslides were named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

954 of its 1,585 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Quetta accounted for 623 of Pakistan's 954 stories about harm, carried by 724 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (666 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

136 of its 165 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Niamey accounted for 122 of Niger's 136 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

437 of its 1,045 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Tropical storm was named in 231 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

110 of its 412 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 17 of Berlin's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

130 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kiev accounted for 120 of Ukraine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 116 of Kiev's 120 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Chile (141 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Iran (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 21,176 stories about harm among 96,557 counted on 17 Dec.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. of the day's 96,557 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Honduras stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 17 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras93 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Niger82 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel531 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Quetta Pakistan292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623 Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Kiev Ukraine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Petersburg Russia98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sHong Kong: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Syria about three times as fearful as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as angry as the world's · 954 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Czechia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Gabon about twice as angry as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 5,358 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice24% 4,972 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,988 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health17% 3,560 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 875 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 548 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 443 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 killed7,563 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people injured2,779 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people affected2,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations549 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Chile Stories reporting refugees292 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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