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The news turned to protests in Beirut (Lebanon), violence in Baku and people killed in China. Azerbaijan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 43 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 12
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

114 of its 200 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 89 of Lebanon's 114 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. 86 of Beirut's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Baku accounted for 38 of Azerbaijan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Health

China

878 of its 2,779 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (455 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 115 of Iraq's 155 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. 98 of Baghdad's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

71 of its 84 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Marib accounted for 38 of Yemen's 71 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

73 of its 145 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 52 of Kashmir's 73 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Kiribati

16 of its 20 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

66 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Avalanche was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with snowstorms.

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Rights & justice

Panama

20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (134 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Russia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 16,955 stories about harm among 93,390 counted on 20 Jan.

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The news turned to Lebanon for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 93,390 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Nepal's news, mentions of the avalanche ran about 6 times their usual. On 20 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Lebanon's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia62 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Richmond US234 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Baghdad Iraq98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Beirut Lebanon86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Delhi India71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205

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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sLithuania: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 95 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,776 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health24% 3,946 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents20% 3,414 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,267 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 983 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 618 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 364 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 326 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 killed4,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,593 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations115 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 much 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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