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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), a disaster in Delhi and building collapse in Kenya. Hong Kong's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 38 in 100 of its 547 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

112 of its 194 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Causeway Bay accounted for 82 of Hong Kong's 112 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 79 of Causeway Bay's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Causeway Bay stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,287 of its 3,589 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Delhi accounted for 550 of India's 1,287 stories about harm, carried by 906 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Delhi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

78 of its 218 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

207 of its 547 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iraq

91 of its 120 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 61 of Iraq's 91 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 57 of Baghdad's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice 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

China

221 of its 998 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 63 of Beijing's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Russia

116 of its 498 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

144 of its 582 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Heavy rain was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

339 of its 1,098 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 66 of Abuja's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

147 of its 496 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times 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: storms in Ireland (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Malaysia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (13 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 8 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 10,714 stories about harm among 54,949 counted on 8 Dec.

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Of the day's 54,949 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 8 December 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Samoa, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Samoa91 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Iraq76 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Syria66 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong58 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Causeway Bay Hong Kong79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Abuja Nigeria66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Beijing China63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Baghdad Iraq57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550

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'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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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 readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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'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 readGhana: 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'sFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 643 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 3,121 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,194 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 1,927 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 1,658 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 775 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 376 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 284 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 226 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 killed3,810 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,079 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced134 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting refugees128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates

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.

● Angerabout as 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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