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The news turned to a disaster in Gitega, people injured in Mali and protests in Mandalay (Myanmar). Mali's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 41 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Disasters & accidents

Burundi

21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Gitega accounted for 15 of Burundi's 21 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Gitega stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

24 of its 38 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Norway

47 of its 155 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

49 of its 72 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 49 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 213 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 49 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 77 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Senegal

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 17 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.

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Health

South Africa

612 of its 1,141 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 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: helicopter crash in India (213 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Germany (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in US (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 22,582 stories about harm among 90,378 counted on 8 Dec.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Burundi. of the day's 90,378 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Norway's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. Burundi's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 8 December 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia68 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence South Africa54 in 100 of its 1,141 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Kashmir53 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 807 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 New York US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: 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 readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: 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 readVatican 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 216 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,780 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,826 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,063 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,466 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 742 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 588 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 571 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 353 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 killed4,825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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