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The day's news pointed at landslides in Norway and people killed in Bosnia and Kashmir. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 55 in 100 of its 66 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

36 of its 66 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Oslo accounted for 26 of Norway's 36 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Health

Bosnia

22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

73 of its 129 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Algeria

20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Belgium

18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

16 of its 20 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Israel

113 of its 253 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 55 of Israel's 113 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Australia

352 of its 1,070 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

110 of its 196 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 79 of Iran's 110 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Thailand

55 of its 121 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bangkok accounted for 34 of Thailand's 55 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Belgium (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Australia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in India (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 14,275 stories about harm among 50,689 counted on 1 Jan.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Norway. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 50,689 stories, above the usual 27. Norway's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. A year earlier, on 2 January 2020, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. Over December, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in December 2019.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir57 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye55 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 34 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461 Delhi India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Karak Pakistan41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Abuja Nigeria28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'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'sHonduras: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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'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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: 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 twice as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 433 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 8,739 stories · about as usual Rights & justice14% 1,948 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,356 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 916 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 634 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 279 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 146 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 145 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 killed4,157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,197 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations41 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill27 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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