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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Islamabad and deaths in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKyrgyzstan 89 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 14
RegionCentral Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

2,961 of its 3,793 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 1,832 of Iran's 2,961 stories about harm, carried by 1,250 outlets. 1,732 of Tehran's 1,832 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (672 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,647 of its 2,487 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Islamabad accounted for 1,199 of Pakistan's 1,647 stories about harm, carried by 794 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kyrgyzstan

57 of its 64 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bishkek accounted for 55 of Kyrgyzstan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

63 of its 75 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Skopje accounted for 56 of North Macedonia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Earthquake was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Brazil

262 of its 569 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 67 of Rio Grande do Norte's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (232 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

146 of its 222 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lima accounted for 134 of Peru's 146 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

258 of its 314 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Punta Islita accounted for 172 of Costa Rica's 258 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

27 of its 46 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 26 of Minsk's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

49 of its 75 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

South Africa

347 of its 842 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (177 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (47 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Burkina Faso (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Liberia (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Spain (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 39,250 stories about harm among 157,281 counted on 2 Jan.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Iran. North Macedonia's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 157,281 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 2 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kyrgyzstan89 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 14 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given South Sudan87 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia84 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo83 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice Costa Rica82 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran1732 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1832 Islamabad Pakistan357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1199 Washington US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1602 Mashhad Iran309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Jerusalem Israel218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three 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 angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 1,647 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 534 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 340 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 262 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,809 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 9,130 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence19% 7,458 stories · about as usual Health18% 6,929 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,290 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 651 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 565 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 killed15,568 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting arrests5,792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people injured4,509 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people affected3,976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees288 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people displaced280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations199 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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