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The news turned to protests in Tunis (Tunisia), illness in Havana and the avalanche in Switzerland. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCayman Islands 88 in 100 of its 161 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

230 of its 277 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tunis accounted for 193 of Tunisia's 230 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 157 of Tunis' 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Cuba

176 of its 360 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Havana accounted for 159 of Cuba's 176 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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

Switzerland

329 of its 833 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (67 stories). Avalanche was named in 169 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

117 of its 289 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

France

712 of its 2,088 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 245 of Paris' 441 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (134 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Cayman Islands

141 of its 161 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cayman accounted for 138 of the Cayman Islands' 141 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

181 of its 339 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

231 of its 318 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 146 of Libya's 231 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (201 stories).

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

854 of its 1,557 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

166 of its 523 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 74 of Bangkok's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Saudi Arabia (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Latvia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Cameroon (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Namibia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Honduras (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 44,507 stories about harm among 218,093 counted on 10 Jan.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Tunisia. In Tunisia, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 218,093 stories, below the usual 22. On 10 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras89 in 100 of its 687 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Cayman Islands88 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia83 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire76 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1572 Paris France245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Tehran Iran231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Abbeville US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Jerusalem Israel182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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 readSaudi Arabia: 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 readParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGermany: 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: 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 readCroatia: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: 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

● Estonia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 462 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as angry as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 854 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,833 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents24% 10,591 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health20% 8,755 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,778 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,076 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,476 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,151 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 906 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 killed12,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,278 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Tunisia Stories reporting evacuations1,121 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland Stories reporting refugees593 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people displaced400 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions387 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill108 at about the usual rate

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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