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15,005 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Bangkok, protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and the earthquake in Japan drew the news. Thailand's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 58 in 100 of its 251 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

145 of its 251 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bangkok accounted for 61 of Thailand's 145 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Tanzania

25 of its 56 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 16 of Dar es Salaam's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

269 of its 849 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Earthquake was named in 194 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Benin

34 of its 73 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Sudan

92 of its 114 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 40 of Sudan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

57 of its 90 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

167 of its 301 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 89 of Indonesia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lithuania

26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vilnius accounted for 22 of Lithuania's 26 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Honduras

29 of its 49 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (33 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 9 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 15,005 stories about harm among 85,925 counted on 9 Dec.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Thailand. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 85,925 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Japan's news. In Thailand, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 9 December 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia63 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka63 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand58 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 Hollywood US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Chicago US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

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'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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAksai 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: 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 a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNauru: 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

● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Cambodia about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 331 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Thailand about twice as angry as the world's · 145 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,901 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,845 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,995 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,701 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 683 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 615 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 549 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 355 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 killed3,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced216 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Thailand Stories reporting evacuations154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees154 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 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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