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21,734 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Lima (Peru), violence in Giza and the earthquake in the Philippines. Egypt's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 86 in 100 of its 939 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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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Protests & strikes

Peru

41 of its 70 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 18 of Lima's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

810 of its 939 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Giza accounted for 669 of Egypt's 810 stories about harm, carried by 636 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (544 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Giza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

551 of its 865 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Philippine accounted for 357 of the Philippines' 551 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 384 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, volcanic eruption and landslides.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

593 of its 1,161 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (74 stories). Landslides were named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

383 of its 699 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 295 of Bangladesh's 383 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. 253 of Dhaka's 295 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

121 of its 153 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 74 of Khartoum's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

DR Congo

62 of its 70 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kinshasa accounted for 50 of the DR Congo's 62 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 48 of Kinshasa's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

83 of its 94 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

48 of its 63 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

374 of its 469 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. the Sunda Strait accounted for 214 of Indonesia's 374 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Spain (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Mexico (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Palestine (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 21,734 stories about harm among 96,963 counted on 29 Dec.

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The Philippines' news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Peru's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 96,963 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. A year earlier, on 29 December 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo89 in 100 of its 443 stories · usually 70 · mostly health DR Congo89 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Morocco88 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt86 in 100 of its 939 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia80 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Columbus US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Jerusalem Israel123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 828 Philadelphia US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier 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'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: 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 three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three 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 three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Peru few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as fearful as the world's · 810 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as angry as the world's · 447 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Netherlands few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 6,534 stories · about as usual Health19% 4,091 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 4,062 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,014 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,006 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 973 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 369 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 337 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 killed7,234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests4,257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,086 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting refugees442 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions274 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations89 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about a third 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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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