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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Athens, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and people injured in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 68 in 100 of its 177 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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

Greece

87 of its 130 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Athens accounted for 42 of Greece's 87 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 42 of Sudan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 41 of Khartoum's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Iran

41 of its 114 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

89 of its 162 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 89 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

120 of its 177 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 48 of Malaysia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

79 of its 111 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

69 of its 170 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Spain (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in US (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,906 stories about harm among 31,060 counted on 25 Dec.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 12 September 2021. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 6 times their usual in Spain's news. In Greece, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 31,060 stories, above the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir71 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Malaysia68 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Greece67 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand57 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Khartoum Sudan41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Chicago US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Beijing China17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Boston US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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 readEl Salvador: 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: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer 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'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer 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'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times 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 about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Barbados few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 5,040 stories · about as usual Rights & justice13% 1,121 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents12% 1,100 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 755 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 206 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 160 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 139 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 killed2,300 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected754 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people injured554 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests536 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced63 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting evacuations43 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions37 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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