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The day's news pointed at protests in Tehran (Iran), people injured in Egypt and refugees in Israel. Egypt's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording 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 lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 78 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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

1,616 of its 2,290 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tehran accounted for 890 of Iran's 1,616 stories about harm, carried by 682 outlets. 835 of Tehran's 890 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

469 of its 744 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (344 stories). Gas explosion was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

620 of its 1,236 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

466 of its 802 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 338 of Palestine's 466 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Peru

197 of its 332 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 106 of Alberto Fujimori's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

351 of its 1,057 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (166 stories). Train derailment was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Rwanda

95 of its 135 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kigali accounted for 90 of Rwanda's 95 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

482 of its 1,273 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (165 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

229 of its 527 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Bangladesh (64 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in South Africa (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Madagascar (11 of its stories, about 6 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 5 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 42,810 stories about harm among 191,766 counted on 5 Jan.

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For the seventh day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 191,766 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual. On 5 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan79 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Chad78 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 18 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran835 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Washington US389 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1948 Jerusalem Israel158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381 Paris France143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 San Francisco US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: 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'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as 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 a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● South Sudan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as fearful as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,268 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 469 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 229 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 11,060 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 11,040 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health19% 7,788 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,981 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,216 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,149 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,014 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 killed12,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,257 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,860 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees758 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions554 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations349 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill231 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
● Griefa little less 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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