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The news turned to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), rights and justice in Macerata and evacuations in Puerto Rico. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 62 in 100 of its 1,266 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

609 of its 1,105 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 429 of Israel's 609 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 219 of Jerusalem's 429 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories).

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

790 of its 1,266 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Macerata accounted for 670 of Italy's 790 stories about harm, carried by 695 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (721 stories).

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Macerata stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

71 of its 105 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

South Africa

302 of its 694 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 155 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Maldives

357 of its 443 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

176 of its 308 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Warsaw accounted for 135 of Poland's 176 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 6 of Khartoum's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

184 of its 512 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 39 of Mexico City's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (59 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

884 of its 1,083 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 483 of Syria's 884 stories about harm, carried by 746 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

91 of its 213 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 21 of Jakarta's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Finland (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Senegal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Liberia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Feb. 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 27,817 stories about harm among 126,371 counted on 3 Feb.

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Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in South Africa's news. of the day's 126,371 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Israel stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. On 3 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya82 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 1,083 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives81 in 100 of its 443 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Costa Rica79 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico68 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Afrin Syria141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Columbus US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Paris France99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 728

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: 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'sNamibia: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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 readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: 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'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than 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'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Poland about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 884 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Costa Rica about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 253 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 8,428 stories · about as usual Health23% 6,334 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence22% 5,905 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,426 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,255 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 666 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 419 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 killed8,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting people affected2,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions409 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations135 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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 much harsher 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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