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The news turned to homes and services in Kyiv, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and plane crash in Mexico. Ukraine'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 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 44 in 100 of its 344 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Shelter & services

Ukraine

153 of its 344 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kyiv accounted for 89 of Ukraine's 153 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

224 of its 509 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 107 of Bangladesh's 224 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 58 of Dhaka's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). 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.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

105 of its 303 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Plane crash was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

129 of its 193 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 57 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
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Conflict & violence

Russia

164 of its 484 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

24 of its 35 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sanaa accounted for 14 of Yemen's 24 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Laos

12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Albania

11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 9 of Tirana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

15 of its 42 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

26 of its 135 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Snowstorms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and storms.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Romania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Sudan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (23 of its stories, about three 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 23 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 13,827 stories about harm among 74,062 counted on 23 Dec.

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Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. of the day's 74,062 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. On 23 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka60 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador54 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Syria53 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Dhaka Bangladesh58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Delhi India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Sydney Australia41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readEgypt: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLaos: 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 fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 330 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 360 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories a little warmer than the world's · 24 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,589 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,411 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,620 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,825 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 714 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 490 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 289 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 killed3,300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees66 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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