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36,926 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Hodeida, rights and justice in Skopje and road crashes in Chile. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNew Caledonia 98 in 100 of its 460 stories, usually 15
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

390 of its 455 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Hodeida accounted for 198 of Yemen's 390 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (220 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Hodeida stories →
Rights & justice

North Macedonia

100 of its 216 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Skopje accounted for 95 of North Macedonia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

104 of its 247 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (58 stories). Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Albania

95 of its 108 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tirana accounted for 91 of Albania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Japan

386 of its 1,820 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (106 stories). Snowstorms were named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Caledonia

452 of its 460 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Tadine accounted for 192 of New Caledonia's 452 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Rights & justice

Rwanda

192 of its 266 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kigali accounted for 175 of Rwanda's 192 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

43 of its 70 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Liberia

40 of its 68 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 28 of the Farmington River's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Ebola was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hepatitis.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (74 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Dec. 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 36,926 stories about harm among 208,405 counted on 5 Dec.

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The news turned to Yemen for the third day running. Mentions of Ebola ran about 7 times their usual in Liberia's news. On 5 December 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 208,405 stories, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

New Caledonia98 in 100 of its 460 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents Gabon89 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Albania88 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 455 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Congo78 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 70 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France370 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Jerusalem Israel218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Washington US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1884 Seoul South Korea144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Brussels Belgium117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'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 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier 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'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJersey: 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

● Albania about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as fearful as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as fearful as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● North Macedonia about twice as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,582 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health23% 8,271 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,466 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 5,410 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,400 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,469 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 809 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 774 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 killed10,790 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests5,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,609 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,964 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees534 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting abductions418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations359 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people displaced257 at about half the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting people falling ill134 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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