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30,248 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Khartoum (Sudan), tropical storm in Thailand and illness in Uppsala. Myanmar's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 70 in 100 of its 907 stories, usually 25
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

160 of its 192 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 89 of Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 81 of Khartoum's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

638 of its 907 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nakhon Si Thammarat accounted for 457 of Thailand's 638 stories about harm, carried by 559 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Tropical storm was named in 560 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with typhoon, storm surge and heavy rain.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Nakhon Si Thammarat stories →
Health

Sweden

173 of its 325 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Uppsala accounted for 148 of Sweden's 173 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Ebola was named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Uppsala stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

69 of its 86 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Arakan accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 69 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Arakan stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Papua New Guinea

28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

67 of its 69 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ouagadougou accounted for 55 of Burkina Faso's 67 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Italy

437 of its 1,047 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Milan accounted for 353 of Italy's 437 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (362 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malta

40 of its 99 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Extreme cold was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

201 of its 232 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

29 of its 72 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 6 of Manama's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Fiji (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Papua New Guinea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Jamaica (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Malta (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (18 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 4 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 30,248 stories about harm among 162,074 counted on 4 Jan.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 162,074 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 4 January 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen87 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan83 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar80 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sabarimala India133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Nakhon Si Thammarat Thailand118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1128 Paris France98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Moscow Russia85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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 readEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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 readRomania: 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'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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEthiopia: 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: 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'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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Myanmar about three times as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Poland few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 281 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 8,851 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,313 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 5,978 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 3,664 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,181 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,186 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 910 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 512 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 killed9,518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees281 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced212 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Syria Stories reporting abductions160 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Guam

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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