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The news turned to protests in Stockholm (Sweden), violence in Beirut and illness in Poland. Nepal's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 54 in 100 of its 268 stories, usually 28
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Sweden

145 of its 268 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Stockholm accounted for 121 of Sweden's 145 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 92 of Stockholm's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

76 of its 127 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 62 of Lebanon's 76 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Poland

51 of its 155 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Peru

Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 49 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 25 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Eswatini

11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 8 of Mbabane's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

65 of its 190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 23 of Ankara's 33 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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 15 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

8 of Brasilia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Pyongyang accounted for 24 of North Korea's 27 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Brazil (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in India (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (27 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 24 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 15,464 stories about harm among 78,323 counted on 24 Jan.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Sweden. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 78,323 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. In Sweden, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 January 2022, 25 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 →

Lebanon60 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal56 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Sweden54 in 100 of its 268 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Peru51 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Stockholm Sweden92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Los Angeles US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 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 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'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'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 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: 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'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Cuba few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 5,088 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,762 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,091 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 1,923 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 753 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 721 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 605 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 289 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 killed4,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations63 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Peru Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka

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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