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21,776 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Mogadishu and rights and justice in Managua drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 80 in 100 of its 231 stories, usually 39
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

157 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 133 of Sudan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 132 of Khartoum's 133 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

358 of its 377 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 346 of Somalia's 358 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (229 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

115 of its 121 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Managua accounted for 89 of Nicaragua's 115 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Nepal

103 of its 201 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

704 of its 1,119 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 98 of Jerusalem's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Outbreaks were named in 91 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

France

629 of its 1,393 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Paris accounted for 516 of France's 629 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. 356 of Paris' 516 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (492 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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

Romania

73 of its 122 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 70 of Romania's 73 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 68 of Bucharest's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

184 of its 231 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

100 of its 151 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Jordan

43 of its 125 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Türkiye (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Chile (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,776 stories about harm among 104,939 counted on 22 Dec.

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In Türkiye's news, mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 104,939 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. In Sudan, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual. A year earlier, on 22 December 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua95 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Somalia95 in 100 of its 377 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco80 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen68 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France356 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516 Khartoum Sudan132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133 Gaza Palestine117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Jerusalem Israel98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Washington US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 931

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSão 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'sPortugal: 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'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: 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'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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 readCameroon: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: 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 readBermuda: 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 readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Morocco about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 358 stories about harm ● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 7,114 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence20% 4,256 stories · about as usual Health19% 4,166 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,831 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 977 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 906 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 772 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 383 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 killed6,559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,955 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected3,025 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees510 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and Israel Stories reporting abductions243 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and India Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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