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Protests in Harare (Zimbabwe), people injured in Brazil and arrests in Morocco drew the news. Morocco's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 67 in 100 of its 248 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

238 of its 489 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Harare accounted for 173 of Zimbabwe's 238 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 130 of Harare's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

128 of its 379 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Morocco

165 of its 248 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Uruguay

8 of its 24 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Cameroon

50 of its 84 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Yaounde accounted for 37 of Cameroon's 50 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 34 of Yaounde's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

168 of its 801 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 55 of Madrid's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

54 of its 65 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. 4 of Managua's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

25 of Budapest's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

79 of Riyadh's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

117 of its 273 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Romania (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Vietnam (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Madagascar (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in China (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Iran (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 33,001 stories about harm among 183,706 counted on 18 Dec.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. of the day's 183,706 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 18 December 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Zimbabwe's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua83 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Yemen69 in 100 of its 497 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia67 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco67 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Syria66 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

New York US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 Washington US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2038 Hollywood US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 700 Harare Zimbabwe130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Fort Bragg US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 readSpain: 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'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'sQatar: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sHong 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times 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'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sComoros: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMarshall Islands: 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

● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as fearful as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as fearful as the world's · 128 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,863 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,917 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,641 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 4,191 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,925 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 1,920 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood3% 912 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 899 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 killed9,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,006 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions296 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced225 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations144 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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