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The day's news pointed at gas explosion in Slovakia, illness in Apia and abductions in India. India's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndia 30 in 100 of its 5,785 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Disasters & accidents

Slovakia

24 of its 42 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Presov accounted for 20 of Slovakia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Presov stories →
Health

Samoa

99 of its 111 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Apia accounted for 40 of Samoa's 99 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Ebola was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Samoa over 30 days → its stories → Apia stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,707 of its 5,785 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

141 of its 549 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Gambia

34 of its 73 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Germany

156 of its 703 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 89 of Iran's 172 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. 62 of Tehran's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 80 of Iraq's 137 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. 72 of Baghdad's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. 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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Rights & justice

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles, tuberculosis and ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritania

27 of its 28 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Nouadhibou accounted for 22 of Mauritania's 27 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Spain (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Kenya (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ireland (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Uganda (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,704 stories about harm among 115,688 counted on 6 Dec.

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Slovakia's news mentioned gas explosion more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 115,688 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Slovakia, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 December 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Samoa89 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Sudan69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq65 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Syria64 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hyderabad India181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 620 Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 687 Paris France98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Abuja Nigeria76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Baghdad Iraq72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: 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 readMali: 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'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● India about twice as angry as the world's · 1,707 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,383 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 7,120 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health22% 4,492 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,021 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 2,543 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,255 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 801 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 645 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 459 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 killed6,522 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,800 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions297 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill45 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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