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The news turned to protests in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), violence in Kabul and evacuations in North Korea. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 63 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 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

United Arab Emirates

197 of its 633 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 74 of Abu Dhabi's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). House fires were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Abu Dhabi stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

705 of its 842 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 624 of Afghanistan's 705 stories about harm, carried by 458 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

North Korea

123 of its 340 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

58 of its 195 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

55 of its 75 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Khartoum accounted for 40 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 26 of Khartoum's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

286 of its 352 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Diphtheria was named in 117 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

Lima accounted for 177 of Peru's 214 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 114 of Lima's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

53 of Cairo's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

399 of its 679 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (318 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

156 of its 335 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 45 of Warsaw's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Indonesia (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (117 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Saudi Arabia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Argentina (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (135 of its stories, about 6 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 22 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 38,326 stories about harm among 186,305 counted on 22 Jan.

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The United Arab Emirates' news was 31% about people being harmed, against a usual 8%. of the day's 186,305 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. A year earlier, on 22 January 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 842 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 352 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo81 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Syria70 in 100 of its 1,355 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel529 stories about protests or strikes, of its 836 Afrin Syria341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 689 Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1267 Hollywood US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 639 Davos Switzerland221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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 readSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 450 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 705 stories about harm ● Belgium about three times as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Germany about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 413 stories about harm ● Thailand about three times as angry as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 948 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,192 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,332 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 7,213 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,163 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,312 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,415 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,112 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 590 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 killed10,953 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations503 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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
● Griefabout as 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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