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18,027 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and arrests in the Netherlands. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 67 in 100 of its 163 stories, usually 41
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

109 of its 163 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tbilisi accounted for 18 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 16 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

47 of its 204 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Haiti

47 of its 68 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 37 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

56 of its 72 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 454 of Syria's 802 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

51 of its 192 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nepal

20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Congo

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,027 stories about harm among 103,051 counted on 11 Dec.

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In Congo's news, mentions of the malaria ran about 10 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 103,051 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. A year earlier, on 12 December 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti69 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 1,222 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Damascus Syria90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Seoul South Korea37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Islamabad Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

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: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFiji: 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'sEgypt: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sMyanmar: 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: 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'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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'sAngola: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: 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'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: 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'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times 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 one and a half 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'sGibraltar: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 802 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,079 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,679 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,597 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,524 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 817 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 716 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 521 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 killed3,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured738 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees245 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations191 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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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