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15,313 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Lima (Peru), violence in Kabul and people injured in Ireland drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 71 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 39
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Peru

62 of its 122 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Lima accounted for 35 of Peru's 62 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 25 of Lima's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

99 of its 144 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 99 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

228 of its 844 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Libya

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 31 of Libya's 45 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. 16 of Tripoli's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

143 of its 256 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 33 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

46 of its 160 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 15 of Athens' 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

41 of its 233 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 17 of Brasilia's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

24 of its 49 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Displacement

Albania

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Rwanda (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (179 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 15,313 stories about harm among 77,824 counted on 13 Dec.

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In Rwanda's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 77,824 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 December 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Peru, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 591 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Beijing China34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Tehran Iran33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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. 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: 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'sNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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'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'sIraq: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'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 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'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: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,581 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,315 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,365 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence10% 1,570 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 910 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 592 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 578 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 227 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 killed3,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations35 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.