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The day's news pointed at protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands), a disaster in Beira and evacuations in Zimbabwe. the Netherlands' coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 48 in 100 of its 260 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

150 of its 319 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Amsterdam accounted for 92 of the Netherlands' 150 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 74 of Amsterdam's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

65 of its 79 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Beira accounted for 31 of Mozambique's 65 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Beira stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

99 of its 192 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 40 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 206 of Russia's 303 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. 153 of Moscow's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

105 of its 252 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Cairo accounted for 60 of Egypt's 105 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 36 of Cairo's 60 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

New Zealand

217 of its 720 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

South Africa

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Oil spill was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). House fires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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: illness in New Zealand (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Iran (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in France (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Australia (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 22,205 stories about harm among 86,664 counted on 25 Jan.

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In Iran's news, mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 26 January 2020, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. the Netherlands' news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 86,664 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique82 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia54 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Palestine53 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Zimbabwe52 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1293 Moscow Russia153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Amsterdam Netherlands74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Seattle US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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 readUnited 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'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'sJapan: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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'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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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 fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier 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'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiechtenstein: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Iraq few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 13,003 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,584 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,201 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,517 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 869 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 393 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 244 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 218 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 killed5,981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,586 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Syria Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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