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Violence in Jammu, protests in Cairo (Egypt) and volcanic eruption in the Philippines drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 70 in 100 of its 257 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Kashmir

179 of its 257 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 179 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (56 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

86 of its 241 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cairo accounted for 61 of Egypt's 86 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 39 of Cairo's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

617 of its 949 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Philippine accounted for 324 of the Philippines' 617 stories about harm, carried by 592 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (183 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 533 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

150 of its 354 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 16 of Riyadh's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 790 of Iran's 1,145 stories about harm, carried by 1,238 outlets. 397 of Tehran's 790 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Snowstorms were named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 112 of Iraq's 171 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Snowstorms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

20 of its 88 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Pakistan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Malaysia (25 of its stories, about 5 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 14 Jan. 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 21,950 stories about harm among 117,529 counted on 14 Jan.

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The news turned to Kashmir for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 117,529 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Kashmir, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. On 14 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico70 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir70 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines65 in 100 of its 949 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq59 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 2,029 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran397 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Delhi India141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Baghdad Iraq42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Cairo Egypt39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sLiberia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGuatemala: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: 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 grief-stricken 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 warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,145 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,609 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 5,019 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health22% 4,829 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,905 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,347 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 813 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 562 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 438 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 killed6,168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,284 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations289 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Iran Stories reporting people displaced176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

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