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8,249 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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People displaced in Gaza, rights and justice in Magdeburg and the cyclone in Vanuatu drew the news. Germany's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGermany 58 in 100 of its 626 stories, usually 18
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

109 of its 151 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 84 of Palestine's 109 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

364 of its 626 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Magdeburg accounted for 229 of Germany's 364 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Magdeburg stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

49 of its 51 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Efate accounted for 25 of Vanuatu's 49 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Cyclone was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Yemen

81 of its 108 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sanaa accounted for 68 of Yemen's 81 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

28 of its 53 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. the Red Sea accounted for 27 of Djibouti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

338 of its 947 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

100 of its 272 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

67 of its 187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Canada (18 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 22 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 8,249 stories about harm among 44,747 counted on 22 Dec.

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Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US. of the day's 44,747 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vanuatu's news mentioned the cyclone about 4 times as often as usual. Palestine's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. A year earlier, on 23 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Mayotte, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu96 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen75 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 570 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Magdeburg Germany89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Texas Department of Public Safety US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Washington US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Berlin Germany26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Damascus Syria21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'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'sRwanda: 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'sPhilippines: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'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: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMayotte: coverage about one and a half 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 364 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 371 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 338 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 1,871 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health23% 1,826 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,564 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 1,440 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 601 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 298 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 288 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 224 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 killed2,598 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people injured1,030 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting arrests930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions241 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Yemen Stories reporting people displaced174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations96 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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