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40,256 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), violence in Barranquilla and rights and justice in Siem Reap. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 68 in 100 of its 334 stories, usually 40
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Venezuela

202 of its 345 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Puerto Cabello accounted for 147 of Venezuela's 202 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 142 of Puerto Cabello's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Puerto Cabello stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

135 of its 236 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Barranquilla accounted for 97 of Colombia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Barranquilla stories →
Displacement

Jordan

128 of its 377 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

94 of its 300 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 47 of Dodawatta's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

158 of its 505 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 53 of Warsaw's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Afrin accounted for 273 of Syria's 573 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 152 of Afrin's 273 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

93 of its 138 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

355 of its 660 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Riyadh accounted for 242 of Saudi Arabia's 355 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

138 of its 189 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Latvia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in France (68 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cholera in Congo (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Cameroon (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 40,256 stories about harm among 213,381 counted on 30 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 December 2017. Mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual in Latvia's news. of the day's 213,381 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. On 30 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Yemen77 in 100 of its 641 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 1,074 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 791 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1568 Nairobi Kenya228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Jerusalem Israel190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Afrin Syria152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 Puerto Cabello Venezuela142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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'sNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: 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 readCyprus: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little angrier 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'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 angry 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry 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 fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'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'sGuernsey: 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 494 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as fearful as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,358 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,418 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence18% 6,985 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 5,199 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,311 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,612 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,294 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,093 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 killed11,325 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests5,948 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,939 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,072 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions345 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations333 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Vietnam and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore

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
● 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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