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15,757 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Tel Aviv, violence in Catatumbo and people killed in Tanzania. Colombia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 69 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Israel

885 of its 1,165 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tel Aviv accounted for 251 of Israel's 885 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (370 stories). Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

40 of its 58 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Catatumbo accounted for 17 of Colombia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Catatumbo stories →
Health

Tanzania

33 of its 62 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Ebola was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

49 of its 165 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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

Rwanda

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ghana

103 of its 531 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

Baku accounted for 34 of Azerbaijan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). 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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Rights & justice

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 177 of Palestine's 251 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

Seoul accounted for 83 of South Korea's 109 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 61 of Seoul's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Canada (70 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Iran (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in US (372 of its stories, about 4 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 20 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 15,757 stories about harm among 83,419 counted on 20 Jan.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,419 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the third day running, the news turned to Israel. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 10 times their usual in Taiwan's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel76 in 100 of its 1,165 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Palestine71 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Colombia69 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria61 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US479 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1402 Southport UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Seoul South Korea61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Kolkata India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Tel Aviv Israel57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

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'sYemen: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: 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: 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 readTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: 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'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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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 readGermany: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: 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 fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 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 one and a half times as angry 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

● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,316 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 885 stories about harm ● India about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 966 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,417 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health24% 3,745 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,552 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,887 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 551 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 483 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 463 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 422 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 killed3,222 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests2,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,647 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions998 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured835 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations165 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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