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The news turned to protests in Harare (Zimbabwe), violence in Bogota and gas explosion in Georgia. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 82 in 100 of its 401 stories, usually 28
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

522 of its 793 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Harare accounted for 405 of Zimbabwe's 522 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. 354 of Harare's 405 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (291 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

327 of its 401 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bogota accounted for 286 of Colombia's 327 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (304 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Georgia

25 of its 51 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

30 of its 53 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

93 of its 134 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 82 of Tunisia's 93 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 82 of Tunis' 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

911 of its 1,232 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Nairobi accounted for 815 of Kenya's 911 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

505 of its 666 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Manbij accounted for 347 of Syria's 505 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (213 stories). 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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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

186 of its 227 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 124 of Sudan's 185 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 117 of Khartoum's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Paraguay

22 of its 39 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Asuncion's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Japan (127 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Paraguay (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Spain (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 35,222 stories about harm among 194,708 counted on 17 Jan.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 194,708 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Zimbabwe for the third day running. On 17 January 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today. In Zimbabwe, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso82 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia82 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 666 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Kenya74 in 100 of its 1,232 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harare Zimbabwe354 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Chicago US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Washington US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1592 Nairobi Kenya183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 815 Boston US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalawi: 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'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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than 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 more fearful than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Kenya about three times as angry as the world's · 911 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 327 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 505 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Mali about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,687 stories · about as usual Health20% 6,920 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,697 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,181 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,905 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,208 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,046 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 852 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 killed9,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions539 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting refugees307 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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