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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Malaysia, protests in Lima (Peru) and illness in Vienna. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 56 in 100 of its 424 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Malaysia

236 of its 424 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 207 of Malaysia's 236 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Landslides were named in 197 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

101 of its 155 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Lima accounted for 48 of Peru's 101 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 41 of Lima's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Health

Austria

32 of its 85 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 27 of Austria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Covid was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

45 of its 101 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 32 of Lebanon's 45 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iran

101 of its 173 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 101 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 32 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Jordan

37 of its 113 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 of Amman's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

26 of its 56 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 17 of Rajouri's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Germany

211 of its 643 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Extreme cold was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, earthquake and tsunami.

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Health

Uganda

44 of its 85 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Rabies was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 161 of Ukraine's 312 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: rabies in Uganda (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in France (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in UK (36 of its stories, about 6 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 16 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 14,598 stories about harm among 72,736 counted on 16 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 31 October 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 72,736 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. In Malaysia, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. On 16 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru65 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Iran58 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Malaysia56 in 100 of its 424 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda52 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 38 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 673 Lima Peru41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Boston US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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'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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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 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'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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsle of Man: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 282 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 312 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Uganda few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 4,923 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,526 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,257 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence10% 1,432 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 788 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 633 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 605 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 254 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 killed3,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,402 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Malaysia and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about the usual rate

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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