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11,303 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to deaths in Jammu and rights and justice in Vienna and Cape Town. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 76 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 47
RegionCentral Asia 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kashmir

188 of its 249 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 142 of Kashmir's 188 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

53 of its 77 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Vienna accounted for 47 of Austria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

South Africa

234 of its 397 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cape Town accounted for 126 of South Africa's 234 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Cape Town stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

49 of its 106 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Pakistan

204 of its 473 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Israel

133 of its 247 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tel Aviv accounted for 65 of Israel's 133 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Afghanistan

111 of its 179 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 53 of Afghanistan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

31 of its 48 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 22 of Iraq's 31 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

India

937 of its 2,415 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories). Landslides were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belgium

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in Israel (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in France (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in US (167 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

31 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 31 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jan. 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 11,303 stories about harm among 36,852 counted on 1 Jan.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Kashmir. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 31 in every 100 of the day's 36,852 stories, above the usual 27. Mentions of the flu ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news. Over December, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in December 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir76 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 47 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Austria69 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 51 · mostly health North Korea62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 40 · mostly health South Africa59 in 100 of its 397 stories · usually 51 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cape Town South Africa62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Washington US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Denver US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Khartoum Sudan19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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'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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● South Africa about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 15 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 6,423 stories · about as usual Rights & justice13% 1,487 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,436 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 652 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 594 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood2% 236 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 218 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 156 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 killed2,819 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured998 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting people affected777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests735 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions63 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced34 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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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