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The day's news pointed at protests in Rome (Italy), a disaster in Prague and people injured in Yemen. Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Czechia → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 62 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 14
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Italy

57 of its 281 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 12 of Rome's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
Disasters & accidents

Czechia

36 of its 58 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Prague accounted for 25 of the Czechia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

27 of its 34 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Angola

7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Angola over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

40 of its 120 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

41 of its 121 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Bangkok's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Wad Madani accounted for 23 of Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

31 of its 71 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 9 of Havana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

3,416 of its 11,841 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Storms were named in 230 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

56 of its 170 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mayotte (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in US (230 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 9,792 stories about harm among 44,195 counted on 12 Jan.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Czechia. In Mayotte's news, mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 44,195 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 455 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Czechia62 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria61 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1096 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Seoul South Korea20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34 Islamabad Pakistan15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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'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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'sN. 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: 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'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sChina: 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 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'sMayotte: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Kenya few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents32% 3,092 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Health20% 1,957 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice19% 1,866 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence14% 1,315 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 430 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 402 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 349 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 270 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 killed2,952 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,151 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations328 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia Stories reporting people displaced193 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting abductions184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 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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