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The news turned to building collapse in Russia, evacuations in Germany and rights and justice in Tokyo. Germany's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRussia 62 in 100 of its 1,632 stories, usually 15
RegionEurope 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,009 of its 1,632 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Moscow accounted for 861 of Russia's 1,009 stories about harm, carried by 832 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (543 stories). Building collapse was named in 239 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia, house fires and gas explosion.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

402 of its 833 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

504 of its 1,001 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tokyo accounted for 466 of Japan's 504 stories about harm, carried by 492 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (448 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Tokyo stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

97 of its 179 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 93 of Peru's 97 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 92 of Lima's 93 stories were about protests or strikes.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

301 of its 377 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Heavy rain was named in 135 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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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

76 of its 183 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 27 of Hanoi's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

1,301 of its 4,531 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (295 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

95 of its 113 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 51 of Sudan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 50 of Khartoum's 51 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

208 of its 474 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

406 of its 1,190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). 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: heavy rain in Indonesia (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (55 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jan. 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 19,544 stories about harm among 99,213 counted on 1 Jan.

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Russia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 99,213 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. On 1 January 2018, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Over December, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in December 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan84 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia80 in 100 of its 377 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen65 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq62 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Russia62 in 100 of its 1,632 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 861 Paris France92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Lima Peru92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Beijing China77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Tokyo Japan75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 466

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 259 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,301 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 301 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 402 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,085 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,309 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence20% 3,843 stories · about as usual Health18% 3,479 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,404 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 486 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 333 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 313 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 killed7,045 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people injured2,948 at about twice the usual rate · most about Russia and Japan Stories reporting arrests2,451 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions313 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people displaced239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting refugees203 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about the usual rate

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 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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