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The news turned to a disaster in Pokhara, arrests in Italy and people injured in Congo. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 84 in 100 of its 485 stories, usually 42
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Nepal

405 of its 485 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Pokhara accounted for 323 of Nepal's 405 stories about harm, carried by 553 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Pokhara stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

157 of its 520 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Lima accounted for 28 of Peru's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 21 of Lima's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

27 of its 28 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Dheisheh accounted for 33 of Palestine's 45 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

345 of its 786 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

82 of its 197 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

38 of its 72 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 90 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 24 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Romania (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 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 12,352 stories about harm among 60,354 counted on 16 Jan.

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The news turned to Nepal for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 60,354 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. Nepal stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 16 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal84 in 100 of its 485 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Peru64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Iran53 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Uganda53 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Pokhara Nepal26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Tehran Iran24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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 readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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 readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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 readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 three times 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'sTurks & Caicos Islands: 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 405 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Uganda few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 3,715 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice24% 2,891 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,233 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,359 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 702 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 425 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 198 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 killed3,202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Burkina Faso Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Rwanda Stories reporting evacuations72 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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