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The day's news pointed at the earthquake in Indonesia, illness in Moscow and violence in Darfur. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 82 in 100 of its 207 stories, usually 53
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

170 of its 207 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mamuju accounted for 60 of Indonesia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 118 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, tsunami and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Mamuju stories →
Health

Russia

252 of its 522 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 192 of Russia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 627 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (61 stories). Poisoning was named in 145 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

52 of its 62 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Darfur accounted for 46 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

36 of its 49 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tunis accounted for 28 of Tunisia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 18 of Tunis' 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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

Norway

49 of its 71 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

150 of its 191 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 123 of Afghanistan's 150 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Japan

86 of its 328 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

16 of its 23 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Brazil

78 of its 155 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Guatemala

35 of its 59 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Hurricane was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with covid.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Guatemala (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in India (32 of its stories, about three 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 17 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 13,372 stories about harm among 45,813 counted on 17 Jan.

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The news turned to Indonesia for the third day running. 29 in every 100 of the day's 45,813 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 18 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 29 today. Indonesia stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%. This week the news turned most often to Uganda, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan84 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia82 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Norway69 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Guatemala59 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US703 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1183 Moscow Russia87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 New York US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Kabul Afghanistan30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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'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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times 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 angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three 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'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'sGibraltar: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,225 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 7,061 stories · much less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice19% 2,506 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,499 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,219 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 513 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 234 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 125 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 108 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 killed4,320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected858 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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