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23,178 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to the hunger in Yemen, rights and justice in Harare and people killed in Chad. Yemen's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 64 in 100 of its 97 stories, usually 36
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

148 of its 166 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 71 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Hunger was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Chad

27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Cuba

62 of its 97 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Havana accounted for 44 of Cuba's 62 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Spain

137 of its 384 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Snowstorms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

76 of its 159 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Japan

187 of its 655 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Indonesia (52 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in India (233 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Spain (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 5 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 11 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 23,178 stories about harm among 84,552 counted on 11 Jan.

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Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 84,552 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 12 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 27 today. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 69%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba64 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia59 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1472 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2069 New York US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Chicago US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 San Francisco US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Los Angeles US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 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: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'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'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than 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'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as 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 angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Yemen about three times as fearful as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Cuba about three times as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 12,556 stories · much less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice19% 4,471 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence11% 2,443 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,824 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 823 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 225 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 195 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 killed7,026 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,744 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions105 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting evacuations71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill42 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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