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46,153 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Santiago (Chile), bridge collapse in Colombia and gas explosion in Belgium drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostQatar 57 in 100 of its 531 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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

Chile

753 of its 1,362 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Santiago accounted for 712 of Chile's 753 stories about harm, carried by 621 outlets. 621 of Santiago's 712 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

257 of its 365 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bogota accounted for 168 of Colombia's 257 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (233 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

277 of its 497 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Gas explosion was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Indonesia

373 of its 601 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (190 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

274 of its 427 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 223 of Venezuela's 274 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 134 of Caracas' 223 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

125 of its 162 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 105 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

99 of its 166 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kadovar Island accounted for 74 of Papua New Guinea's 99 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Tsunami was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

68 of Kiev's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). HIV was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

304 of its 531 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Doha accounted for 215 of Qatar's 304 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritius

26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Mauritius (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (201 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (14 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 16 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 46,153 stories about harm among 199,914 counted on 16 Jan.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Chile. of the day's 199,914 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Chile stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 16 January 2017, 21 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 →

South Sudan78 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Libya77 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia70 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia69 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile621 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Washington US544 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2200 Mitrovica 247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Jerusalem Israel210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Trump Tower US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'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: 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'sCuba: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as 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 a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sBrazil: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Colombia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Sweden about three times as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 403 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 15,362 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 8,661 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 8,659 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 7,171 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,342 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,462 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,144 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 695 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 killed12,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,162 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced629 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations356 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting abductions352 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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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