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The day's news pointed at protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina), violence in Prague and storms in Iceland. the Czechia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 80 in 100 of its 468 stories, usually 12
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Argentina

66 of its 175 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 52 of Argentina's 66 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 38 of Buenos Aires' 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

376 of its 468 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 360 of the Czechia's 376 stories about harm, carried by 823 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (293 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

74 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Grindavik accounted for 51 of Iceland's 74 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

83 of its 159 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

90 of its 149 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

80 of its 145 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 80 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

57 of Islamabad's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

63 of its 118 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

20 of its 46 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in India (214 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in China (84 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 21 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 18,562 stories about harm among 101,317 counted on 21 Dec.

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The news turned to Argentina for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,317 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Argentina, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 21 December 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Czechia80 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 12 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland69 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel69 in 100 of its 1,578 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 480 Delhi India68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Islamabad Pakistan57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Buenos Aires Argentina38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Gaza Palestine33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

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'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArmenia: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Czechia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 376 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,081 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 282 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 66 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,404 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,540 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,656 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,651 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 816 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 811 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 764 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 580 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 killed4,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,090 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions550 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill19 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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