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7,924 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Taiwan, violence in Kyiv and abductions in India. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 48 in 100 of its 133 stories, usually 16
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

64 of its 133 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Taipei accounted for 62 of Taiwan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Earthquake was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

219 of its 452 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 180 of Ukraine's 219 stories about harm, carried by 559 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

India

787 of its 3,333 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Rabies was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Guatemala

30 of its 34 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Solola accounted for 18 of Guatemala's 30 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

388 of its 810 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

79 of its 133 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

108 of its 358 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (66 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

52 of its 74 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Damascus accounted for 27 of Syria's 52 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

44 of its 81 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (216 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in UK (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 7,924 stories about harm among 39,939 counted on 27 Dec.

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In Taiwan, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Taiwan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 39,939 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. On 27 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand59 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement Palestine57 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia54 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Dhaka Bangladesh21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Kyiv Ukraine16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readHong 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: 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'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: 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'sJapan: coverage a little angrier 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 warmer than 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 twice 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 388 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Guatemala few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Cambodia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents24% 1,839 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice23% 1,800 stories · about as usual Health20% 1,580 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence18% 1,430 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 444 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 341 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 194 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 165 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 killed1,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected882 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured855 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Thailand and Cambodia Stories reporting abductions84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations71 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 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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