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15,997 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Kazakhstan, the cyclone in Fiji and protests in Delhi (India). Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 85 in 100 of its 564 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 76 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

479 of its 564 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Almaty accounted for 466 of Kazakhstan's 479 stories about harm, carried by 1,145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (204 stories). Plane crash was named in 134 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

94 of its 124 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nadi accounted for 35 of Fiji's 94 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Cyclone was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and storms.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories → Nadi stories →
Protests & strikes

India

209 of Delhi's 335 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Extreme cold was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Delhi stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

139 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Idlib accounted for 103 of Syria's 139 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Philippines

335 of its 690 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Storm surge was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

62 of its 156 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Avalanche was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Casablanca's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

14 of its 55 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 5 of Minsk's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

349 of its 1,079 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

14 of its 66 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Iran (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Ecuador (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 15,997 stories about harm among 79,879 counted on 27 Dec.

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Kazakhstan stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. of the day's 79,879 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. On 27 December 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kazakhstan85 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 10 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Fiji76 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria76 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq58 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Morocco57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Baghdad Iraq39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Chennai India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Lucknow India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'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'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 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: 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'sJordan: 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'sHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readCuba: 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 readChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: 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'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 · 139 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 479 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 189 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,429 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents23% 3,598 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health22% 3,459 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,712 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,245 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 603 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 336 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 323 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 killed4,998 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,983 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests1,929 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced265 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill32 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 harsher 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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