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12,995 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong), snowstorms in Switzerland and violence in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 53 in 100 of its 723 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

80 of its 127 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 62 of Hong Kong's 80 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 60 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsim Sha Tsui stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

69 of its 165 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Norway

42 of its 154 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

104 of its 268 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

116 of its 228 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 62 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. 43 of Tehran's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

383 of its 723 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories). Typhoon was named in 248 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, road crashes and power cuts.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

41 of its 63 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 6 of Casablanca's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

170 of its 234 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Idlib accounted for 105 of Syria's 170 stories about harm, carried by 361 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (248 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Chile (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Israel (28 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 26 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 12,995 stories about harm among 66,713 counted on 26 Dec.

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People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 66,713 stories, above the usual 18. Hong Kong's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. A year earlier, on 26 December 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso94 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji65 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong63 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Lucknow India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Moscow Russia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'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: 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'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: 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'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice 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'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Japan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 3,520 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents23% 2,961 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health20% 2,582 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,789 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 825 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 513 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 322 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 279 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 killed4,166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,808 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests1,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees229 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced214 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions182 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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