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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,701 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Pointe Desny (Mauritius), flooding in Brazil and illness in Dhaka. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines →
Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 43 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Mauritius

26 of its 29 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 8 of Pointe Desny's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Oil spill was named in 17 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.

Mauritius over 30 days → its stories → Pointe Desny stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

75 of its 176 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bahia accounted for 50 of Brazil's 75 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, drownings and landslides.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Bahia stories →
Health

Bangladesh

93 of its 187 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 48 of Bangladesh's 93 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

Cape Town accounted for 149 of South Africa's 396 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (192 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Cape Town stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Congo

19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

163 of its 317 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

64 of its 178 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Philippines

356 of its 631 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Philippine accounted for 111 of the Philippines' 356 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Canada

355 of its 913 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heatwave was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Israel (34 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (11 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 27 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 15,701 stories about harm among 53,270 counted on 27 Dec.

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People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. Mauritius stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. 29 in every 100 of the day's 53,270 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. A year earlier, on 27 December 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Africa57 in 100 of its 694 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Philippines56 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Israel54 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Malaysia51 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh50 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 42 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cape Town South Africa74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Boston US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Johannesburg South Africa28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60

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 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 396 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 8,861 stories · about as usual Rights & justice14% 2,182 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,074 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,058 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 665 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 278 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 270 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 160 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 killed3,875 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,221 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests985 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced188 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions105 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Malaysia Stories reporting refugees95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about three times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US

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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