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The news turned to illness in Moscow, violence in Darfur and protests in Tunis (Tunisia). Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSudan 79 in 100 of its 95 stories, usually 51
RegionCentral Asia 42 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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Health

Russia

467 of its 1,074 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 345 of Russia's 467 stories about harm, carried by 717 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (138 stories). Poisoning was named in 235 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

75 of its 95 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Darfur accounted for 65 of Sudan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Tunisia

53 of its 76 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tunis accounted for 42 of Tunisia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 32 of Tunis' 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories).

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

149 of its 240 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Norway

82 of its 151 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

94 of its 131 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 62 of Afghanistan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

St Vincent

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

72 of its 176 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

50 of its 101 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

11 of Amsterdam's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Poland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (99 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in China (10 of its stories, about three 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 18 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 20,883 stories about harm among 77,296 counted on 18 Jan.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. of the day's 77,296 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. A year earlier, on 19 January 2020, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Russia's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala70 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia70 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia62 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US920 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1525 Moscow Russia130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Seattle US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 New York US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: 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'sIsrael: 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'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'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry 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'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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 · 94 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 467 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,319 stories · less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice20% 4,168 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence9% 1,943 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,678 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 712 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 393 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 276 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 237 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 killed5,669 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,611 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured974 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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