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11,059 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), volcanic eruption in Indonesia and people killed in South Africa. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and India →
Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 85 in 100 of its 231 stories, usually 38
RegionSoutheast Asia 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

54 of its 65 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 43 of Myanmar's 54 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. 41 of Yangon's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

196 of its 231 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Lumajang accounted for 105 of Indonesia's 196 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Africa

330 of its 576 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (136 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Greece

99 of its 174 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lesbos accounted for 57 of Greece's 99 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories).

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

Belgium

54 of its 89 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Brussels accounted for 42 of Belgium's 54 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 34 of Brussels' 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Health

UK

974 of its 2,822 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

India

966 of its 2,534 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

192 of its 479 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

43 of its 100 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Ireland (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Belgium (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Norway (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (71 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 8 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 5 Dec. 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 11,059 stories about harm among 40,332 counted on 5 Dec.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and India. of the day's 40,332 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. Myanmar stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%. A year earlier, on 5 December 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Indonesia85 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar83 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Belgium61 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 26 · mostly health Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice South Africa57 in 100 of its 576 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Yangon Myanmar41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Brussels Belgium34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Paris France33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Delhi India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'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'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 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'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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times 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 fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Austria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 5,797 stories · less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice16% 1,747 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,249 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence10% 1,076 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 414 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 262 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 249 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 193 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 killed2,955 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected965 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests704 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured694 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting evacuations145 at about three times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and India Stories reporting refugees127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced69 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Myanmar and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions61 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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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