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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Cetinje, a disaster in Sfax and rights and justice in Tehran. Montenegro's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 84 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 29
RegionNorth America 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Montenegro

148 of its 176 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cetinje accounted for 140 of Montenegro's 148 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Montenegro over 30 days → its stories → Cetinje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Sfax accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Sfax stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

87 of its 163 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 87 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).

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

New Zealand

73 of its 268 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

France

237 of its 665 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

145 of its 199 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 86 of Palestine's 145 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

28 of its 130 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

240 of its 573 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 60 of Seoul's 82 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zambia

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in St Vincent (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in China (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in India (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jan. 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 15,455 stories about harm among 75,557 counted on 2 Jan.

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Montenegro stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 75,557 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France. St Vincent's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Montenegro.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Montenegro84 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine73 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 671 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Iran53 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Seoul South Korea60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Dhaka Bangladesh45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Bhopal India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Islamabad Pakistan24 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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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. 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'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'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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 one and a half times as angry 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

● Montenegro about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 416 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Ghana few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 3,677 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health23% 3,481 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice18% 2,799 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,753 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,107 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 559 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 521 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 294 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 killed5,346 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured2,502 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 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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