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Violence in Zewan, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and illness in Dhaka drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 75 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 49
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 132 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Zewan accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Zewan stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

32 of its 59 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Bogota's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Health

Bangladesh

101 of its 204 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 58 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

98 of its 116 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belarus

67 of its 143 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 20 of Minsk's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

189 of its 303 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 128 of Afghanistan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

175 of its 286 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Tsunami was named in 127 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

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Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Russia

244 of its 758 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Heatwave was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and storms. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Denmark

56 of its 142 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 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: tsunami in Indonesia (127 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (848 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 5 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 14 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 22,851 stories about harm among 85,795 counted on 14 Dec.

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Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 85,795 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%. On 14 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir75 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia61 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Hungary56 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 847 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 Beijing China33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Los Angeles US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Kabul Afghanistan22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: 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: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readCongo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier 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 fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer 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'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful 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 warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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 about three times as fearful as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Haiti about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,828 stories · about as usual Rights & justice15% 3,304 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,960 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence7% 1,488 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 631 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 626 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 524 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 295 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 killed5,155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations69 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of 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 →

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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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