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The news turned to gas explosion in Italy, protests in Vienna (Austria) and people injured in Palestine. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostItaly 43 in 100 of its 275 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Italy

117 of its 275 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ravanusa accounted for 52 of Italy's 117 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Gas explosion was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Ravanusa stories →
Protests & strikes

Austria

65 of its 95 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Vienna accounted for 54 of Austria's 65 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. 46 of Vienna's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

40 of its 60 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Japan

79 of its 323 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami and outbreaks.

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

UK

1,064 of its 2,960 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tsunami was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

31 of its 67 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

New Caledonia

20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Noumea accounted for 20 of New Caledonia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets.

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Health

Mexico

87 of its 241 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Singapore

30 of its 76 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (789 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Spain (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Canada (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in France (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 6 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 12 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 11,081 stories about harm among 41,091 counted on 12 Dec.

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In Italy, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 41,091 stories, above the usual 26. A year earlier, on 12 December 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Austria68 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Palestine67 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Panama54 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Vienna Austria46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Sydney Australia19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Paris France17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

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 readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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 readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readCrimea: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAndorra: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little angrier 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Barbados few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 10 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 5,626 stories · less than usual (usually 56%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,990 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Rights & justice14% 1,497 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence8% 850 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 324 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 304 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 222 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 168 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 killed3,069 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,035 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations70 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced69 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting abductions66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 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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