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The news turned to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Cairo and rights and justice in Gorazde. Bosnia's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 73 in 100 of its 607 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

190 of its 243 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 164 of Sudan's 190 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 158 of Khartoum's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Egypt

446 of its 607 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 379 of Egypt's 446 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (315 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Bosnia

46 of its 53 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gorazde accounted for 40 of Bosnia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Gorazde stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

104 of its 127 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

722 of its 1,525 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

49 of its 50 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

520 of its 680 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. the Sunda Strait accounted for 296 of Indonesia's 520 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

220 of its 510 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 115 of Dhaka's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Hypothermia was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold, heatwave and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Rwanda (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Israel (67 of its stories, more than ten 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 28 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 28,225 stories about harm among 144,946 counted on 28 Dec.

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In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 144,946 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 December 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso98 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia87 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Congo83 in 100 of its 494 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Iceland82 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan78 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1304 Dhaka Bangladesh115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Manhattan US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 851 Xinjiang China77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79

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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'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'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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: 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 warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Guatemala about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 722 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 712 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 7,098 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents23% 6,449 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health20% 5,467 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,516 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 1,606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 585 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 475 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 killed8,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,811 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less 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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