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45,749 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tehran (Iran), deaths in Lima and evacuations in Italy drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Africa 52 in 100 of its 1,475 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

1,833 of its 2,620 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tehran accounted for 767 of Iran's 1,833 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. 673 of Tehran's 767 stories were about protests or strikes. Drought was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

151 of its 263 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Lima accounted for 116 of Peru's 151 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

226 of its 868 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Hepatitis was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

267 of its 344 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Ghouta accounted for 155 of Syria's 267 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

114 of its 177 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 29 of Addis Ababa's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

156 of its 539 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 73 of Sao Paulo's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (130 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ireland

353 of its 1,372 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (103 stories). Flu was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

773 of its 1,475 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

300 of its 786 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Tropical storm was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with norovirus.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: diphtheria in Bangladesh (62 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Belgium (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Madagascar (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Netherlands (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 45,749 stories about harm among 201,381 counted on 4 Jan.

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It was the sixth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 201,381 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Mentions of the diphtheria ran about 8 times their usual in Bangladesh's news. A year earlier, on 4 January 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Equatorial Guinea85 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Congo78 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria78 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran673 stories about protests or strikes, of its 767 Washington US360 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1739 Mashhad Iran266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Denver US172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Jerusalem Israel152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'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'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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 317 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 976 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 182 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 13,014 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice25% 11,144 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 8,604 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 6,336 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,260 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,730 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 922 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 721 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 killed14,471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,047 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions560 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees434 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced329 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations284 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill171 at about three times 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
● 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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