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22,999 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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People killed in Peru, protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and violence in Tigray drew the news. Kazakhstan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 50 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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 →
Health

Peru

38 of its 76 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

377 of its 603 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Almaty accounted for 269 of Kazakhstan's 377 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. 205 of Almaty's 269 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

61 of its 95 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 42 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Rights & justice

Bahamas

70 of its 150 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Khartoum's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

India

1,540 of its 3,783 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

47 of its 60 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Laboule accounted for 41 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

6 of Havana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

23 of Lagos' 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Hong Kong (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ecuador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Pakistan (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 7 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 22,999 stories about harm among 78,655 counted on 7 Jan.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 78,655 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. Hong Kong's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. Peru's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 7 January 2021, 28 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 →

Haiti78 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kazakhstan63 in 100 of its 603 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines60 in 100 of its 621 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US393 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1081 Almaty Kazakhstan205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Hollywood US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352 Chicago US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Moscow Russia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sRwanda: 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'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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan about three times as angry as the world's · 377 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Bahamas about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 250 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 13,691 stories · about as usual Rights & justice14% 3,298 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,313 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,598 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 657 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 632 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 476 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 184 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 killed4,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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