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The news turned to violence in Paris, the avalanche in Guatemala and protests in Baghdad (Iraq). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 77 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

France

2,287 of its 4,014 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Paris accounted for 1,286 of France's 2,287 stories about harm, carried by 1,158 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

79 of its 100 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Avalanche was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

204 of its 309 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 80 of Baghdad's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Chad

23 of its 61 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Myanmar

110 of its 170 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Yangon accounted for 83 of Myanmar's 110 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 65 of Yangon's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Japan

395 of its 1,529 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 135 of Tokyo's 235 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

993 of its 1,333 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ramallah accounted for 894 of Palestine's 993 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (349 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

233 of its 571 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Latvia

16 of its 52 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 10 of Riga's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Protests & strikes

DR Congo

23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 6 of Kalemie's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (19 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Poland (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Australia (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Egypt (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 35,599 stories about harm among 193,981 counted on 12 Dec.

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Mentions of the drought ran about 10 times their usual in Somalia's news. of the day's 193,981 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. France stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. On 12 December 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala79 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Bolivia77 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 16 · mostly health Syria76 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine74 in 100 of its 1,333 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Congo68 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 71 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ramallah Palestine411 stories about protests or strikes, of its 894 Paris France328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1286 Washington US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1501 Jerusalem Israel145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Tokyo Japan135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 · 260 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Bahrain few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 15 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 861 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,614 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 7,325 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health19% 6,788 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,398 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,971 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,092 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 994 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 760 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 killed10,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,963 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees337 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced257 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting abductions248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations154 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about a third of 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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