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13,150 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at plane crash in Russia, the tsunami in Sri Lanka and abductions in Kenya. Sri Lanka's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 41 in 100 of its 292 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Russia

407 of its 855 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 244 of Russia's 407 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

39 of its 133 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

53 of its 142 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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

Yemen

112 of its 140 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 101 of Yemen's 112 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

22 of its 71 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

Palestine

100 of its 147 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 77 of Palestine's 100 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

54 of its 118 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Aktau accounted for 45 of Kazakhstan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

298 of its 1,200 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (134 stories). Wildfires were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and drought.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 61 of Syria's 120 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in North Korea (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Australia (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Israel (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in China (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 13,150 stories about harm among 68,033 counted on 27 Dec.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 68,033 stories, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 28 December 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen80 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique67 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Syria65 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 718 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 Maputo Mozambique37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Chennai India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Islamabad Pakistan28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81

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'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 readIsle 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: 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'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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: 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 twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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'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 · 232 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 462 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 338 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,312 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,924 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents21% 2,766 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 1,812 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 910 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 494 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 432 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 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 killed3,951 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,143 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees90 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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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