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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Guatemala City, rights and justice in Sanaa and violence in Mogadishu. Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 82 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 36
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

42 of its 51 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guatemala City accounted for 27 of Guatemala's 42 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Rights & justice

Yemen

35 of its 44 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 35 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mogadishu accounted for 22 of Somalia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bahamas

24 of its 73 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Libya

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Jordan

37 of its 156 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Amman's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Health

Uganda

Kampala accounted for 22 of Uganda's 33 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Argentina

33 of its 75 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Hungary

15 of its 57 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (71 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in US (140 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Feb. 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 16,615 stories about harm among 95,167 counted on 11 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Guatemala. of the day's 95,167 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Australia's news mentioned outbreaks about 9 times as often as usual. Guatemala's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. On 12 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala82 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel63 in 100 of its 1,179 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Somalia62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria51 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 795 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Hollywood US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Gaza Palestine23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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 readBotswana: 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: 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 readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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'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'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Afghanistan few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Guatemala few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 744 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,814 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice28% 4,498 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,008 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence10% 1,654 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 710 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 642 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 433 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 killed3,261 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations92 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than 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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