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19,006 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Niamey, a disaster in White Island and refugees in India drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 44 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Niger

39 of its 48 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Niamey accounted for 18 of Niger's 39 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

390 of its 994 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. White Island accounted for 193 of New Zealand's 390 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories → White Island stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,586 of its 5,669 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories). Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Bosnia

15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

266 of its 795 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

81 of its 186 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

170 of its 409 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Guatemala

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Australia (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); landslides in UK (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 19,006 stories about harm among 116,526 counted on 13 Dec.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Niger. of the day's 116,526 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Trinidad & Tobago's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. Niger's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. A year earlier, on 13 December 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq68 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan58 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Syria58 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia51 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Guwahati India191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Delhi India159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 583 London UK64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Baghdad Iraq52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier 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 a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: 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 a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 5,978 stories · about as usual Health23% 4,231 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,150 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,427 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,159 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 739 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 535 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 452 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 killed5,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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