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The day's news pointed at protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), rights and justice in Santiago and violence in Niamey. Niger's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChile 56 in 100 of its 355 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Honduras

76 of its 104 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 61 of Honduras' 76 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 60 of Tegucigalpa's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

198 of its 355 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Santiago accounted for 181 of Chile's 198 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (143 stories). Plague was named in 139 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

179 of its 224 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Niamey accounted for 143 of Niger's 179 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Disasters & accidents

Qatar

77 of its 158 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Israel

545 of its 918 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 489 of Israel's 545 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 391 of Jerusalem's 489 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

121 of its 137 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tunis accounted for 100 of Tunisia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 98 of Tunis' 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

635 of its 1,242 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

562 of its 854 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 481 of Palestine's 562 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Zambia

44 of its 86 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 14 of Lusaka's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

78 of its 101 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in South Korea (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Netherlands (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (447 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 29,651 stories about harm among 119,509 counted on 13 Jan.

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Mentions of the plague ran about 9 times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 13 January 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 119,509 stories, above the usual 23. Honduras' news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia88 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 63 · mostly food & livelihood Niger80 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar77 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras73 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US631 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2121 Jerusalem Israel391 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 Hollywood US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 549 Johannesburg South Africa162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Kasur Pakistan141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: 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 about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as fearful as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,282 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents22% 6,289 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,742 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,671 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,435 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 820 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 514 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 490 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 killed9,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees332 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced175 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting people falling ill45 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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