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The news turned to rights and justice in Paris, illness in Porto and protests in Pulwama (Kashmir). Kashmir's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 57 in 100 of its 187 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Conflict & violence

France

852 of its 1,775 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Paris accounted for 699 of France's 852 stories about harm, carried by 514 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (689 stories). Extreme cold was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption and flu. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

Portugal

106 of its 187 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Porto accounted for 90 of Portugal's 106 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Porto stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

144 of its 248 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 42 of Pulwama's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Pulwama stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

242 of its 351 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Volcanic eruption was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

70 of its 83 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kigali accounted for 49 of Rwanda's 70 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

61 of its 68 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Managua accounted for 54 of Nicaragua's 61 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 33 of Managua's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Africa

162 of its 470 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 46 of Johannesburg's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

117 of its 529 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 40 of Barcelona's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Illness was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Switzerland

94 of its 202 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

80 of its 224 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 70 of Budapest's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Spain (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (106 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Vanuatu (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (112 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 17,805 stories about harm among 94,481 counted on 16 Dec.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 94,481 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to France. On 16 December 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. France stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. This week the news turned most often to France, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda84 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France327 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 Boston US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Afrin Syria76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Budapest Hungary70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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'sNorway: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful 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 · 105 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 434 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,767 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence24% 4,174 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 3,180 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,747 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,352 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 534 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 451 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 302 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 killed5,988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,260 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and Japan Stories reporting people affected1,611 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting abductions99 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill19 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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