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The day's news pointed at protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and violence in Jerusalem and Tehran. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 65 in 100 of its 589 stories, usually 35
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

48 of its 67 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 48 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 25 of Port-au-Prince's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

384 of its 589 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 262 of Israel's 384 stories about harm, carried by 533 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

171 of its 237 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 115 of Iran's 171 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Spain

91 of its 396 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

191 of its 225 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jenin accounted for 120 of Palestine's 191 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

61 of its 137 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

53 of its 127 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

56 of its 73 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Damascus accounted for 32 of Syria's 56 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Afghanistan

54 of its 98 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

8 of Budapest's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (71 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (21 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 27 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 14,670 stories about harm among 74,335 counted on 27 Jan.

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In New Zealand's news, mentions of flooding ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 74,335 stories, as usual. On 27 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today. In Haiti, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine85 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iran72 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Haiti72 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Jerusalem Israel97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Memphis US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Delhi India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Atlanta US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: 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: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sLuxembourg: 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'sKuwait: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGuatemala: 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'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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 readDR Congo: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier 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'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,712 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,755 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence14% 2,052 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents12% 1,771 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Food & livelihood5% 729 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 698 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 273 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 killed3,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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