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43,659 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Tunis (Tunisia), illness in Havana and the avalanche in Switzerland. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCuba 66 in 100 of its 450 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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

Tunisia

210 of its 273 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 193 of Tunisia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 189 of Tunis' 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (162 stories). Plague was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Health

Cuba

299 of its 450 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Havana accounted for 290 of Cuba's 299 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

483 of its 911 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (152 stories). Avalanche was named in 229 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

53 of its 62 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Juba accounted for 44 of South Sudan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sudan

85 of its 154 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 42 of Darfur's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

106 of its 132 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Lithuania

45 of its 147 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

153 of its 320 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

488 of its 703 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Wildfires were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and plague. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Italy

297 of its 1,181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Drownings were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Algeria (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Congo (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (23 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 43,659 stories about harm among 209,825 counted on 9 Jan.

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Switzerland's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 209,825 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. For the second day running, the news turned to Tunisia. Tunisia stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. On 9 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan85 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Madagascar80 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia77 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 856 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US624 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1709 Tehran Iran586 stories about protests or strikes, of its 672 Jerusalem Israel285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 660 Hollywood US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Tunis Tunisia189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Vanuatu: 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'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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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'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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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'sSint 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 grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: 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 angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 angry 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'sTurks & Caicos Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorfolk Island: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 483 stories about harm ● Madagascar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Romania about twice as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 607 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as angry as the world's · 210 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,064 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents22% 9,521 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,840 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 6,211 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,036 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,329 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,063 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 killed12,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,460 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting evacuations674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees551 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions375 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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