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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Copenhagen, violence in Tehran and snowstorms in China. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 36 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 11
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Denmark

56 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 35 of Denmark's 56 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

92 of its 153 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 35 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Snowstorms were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and storms.

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

Djibouti

52 of its 101 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. the Red Sea accounted for 52 of Djibouti's 52 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

57 of its 183 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

37 of its 103 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Prague accounted for 33 of the Czechia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Senegal

14 of its 35 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

17 of its 67 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Canada (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in US (83 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 18,235 stories about harm among 103,409 counted on 15 Dec.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 2 October 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,409 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Denmark. Denmark stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. On 15 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 1,770 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 452 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti51 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 577 Delhi India73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Gaza Palestine39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSomalia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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'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'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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'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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint 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 angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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 three times as angry as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,223 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 287 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,366 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice25% 4,524 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,820 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,373 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 869 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 778 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 684 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 425 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 killed4,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions689 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations118 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than 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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