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42,952 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Boaco (Nicaragua), storms in Cuba and people displaced in Ljubljana. Slovenia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDjibouti 93 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Nicaragua

45 of its 56 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Boaco accounted for 40 of Nicaragua's 45 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 40 of Boaco's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Flooding was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Boaco stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

259 of its 322 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 186 of Cuba's 259 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Storms were named in 51 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Displacement

Slovenia

45 of its 65 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Ljubljana accounted for 44 of Slovenia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

257 of its 295 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mandalay accounted for 233 of Myanmar's 257 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cameroon

96 of its 123 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 57 of Douala's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Brazil

599 of its 917 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (272 stories). Cholera was named in 35 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

Tunisia

79 of its 130 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tunis accounted for 78 of Tunisia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

622 of its 1,612 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 225 of Islamabad's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

363 of its 523 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

59 of Khartoum's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half 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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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Singapore (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Türkiye (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in New Zealand (37 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 42,952 stories about harm among 203,126 counted on 29 Jan.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Nicaragua's news. of the day's 203,126 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Nicaragua stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%. On 29 January 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Djibouti93 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar87 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba80 in 100 of its 322 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Cameroon78 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US481 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1594 Sonoma US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Islamabad Pakistan225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Caracas Venezuela189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 Harare Zimbabwe187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMalawi: 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'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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readSint 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'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiue: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: 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 a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Central African Republic few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Cyprus few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as angry as the world's · 352 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,884 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 8,787 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 8,358 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 6,843 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,351 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,242 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 943 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 758 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 killed12,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,058 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting refugees730 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations207 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting people falling ill80 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 softer than 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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