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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Croatia, violence in Sanaa and people killed in Switzerland. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 63 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 59 in 100 of its 130 stories, usually 20
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

151 of its 195 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Petrinja accounted for 137 of Croatia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 281 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Petrinja stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

169 of its 198 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sanaa accounted for 102 of Yemen's 169 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Switzerland

56 of its 161 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Norway

77 of its 130 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Gjerdrum accounted for 66 of Norway's 77 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

84 of its 115 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Damascus accounted for 46 of Syria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

107 of its 210 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Riyadh accounted for 71 of Saudi Arabia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

83 of its 153 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

108 of its 180 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 6 of Santiago de Puringla's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Norway (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Mozambique (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in St Vincent (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in North Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 22,718 stories about harm among 77,059 counted on 30 Dec.

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Norway's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Croatia. of the day's 77,059 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. A year earlier, on 31 December 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia77 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria73 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 743 Buenos Aires Argentina76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Delhi India50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Beijing China48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Shenzhen China38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'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: 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'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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 · 83 stories about harm ● Syria about 4 times as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health63% 14,129 stories · about as usual Rights & justice13% 2,961 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,082 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,597 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 953 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 409 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 220 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 196 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 killed6,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,559 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people affected1,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations127 at about twice the usual rate · most about Norway and the US Stories reporting abductions126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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