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The news turned to protests in Hong Kong, illness in Philippine and abductions in Pakistan. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 68 in 100 of its 223 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 42 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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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

316 of its 725 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

North Korea

64 of its 107 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Pyongyang accounted for 49 of North Korea's 64 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Typhoon was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Extreme cold was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

US

918 of Washington's 1,557 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Accidents were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Armenia

17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Ukraine

51 of its 135 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

China

803 of its 2,397 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (166 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in India (190 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in France (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 24,736 stories about harm among 93,038 counted on 6 Jan.

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Hong Kong's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 93,038 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 January 2020, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Hong Kong68 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice North Korea60 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Palestine55 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines54 in 100 of its 567 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Syria50 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US918 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1557 Beijing China145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Kenosha US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 Atlanta US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 New Delhi India50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readN. 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBelize: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 316 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 14,775 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 4,168 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,689 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,621 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 895 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 658 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 432 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 276 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 killed6,202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,183 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,077 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions124 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees90 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill39 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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