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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), volcanic eruption in Germany and people killed in Nigeria. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 77 in 100 of its 201 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

141 of its 218 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 141 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 91 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Germany

52 of its 170 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Berlin accounted for 34 of Germany's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

314 of its 723 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Switzerland

155 of its 201 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

27 of its 55 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

81 of its 282 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Singapore

17 of its 63 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

103 of its 438 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in UK (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in India (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); overdoses in US (13 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 4 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 7,542 stories about harm among 38,809 counted on 4 Jan.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 38,809 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Switzerland77 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 552 Tehran Iran91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Delhi India17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Kasuwan Daji Nigeria16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 314 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories a little warmer than the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,903 stories · about as usual Health21% 1,548 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 1,431 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 378 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 314 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 201 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 137 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 killed2,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions170 at about twice the usual rate · most about Venezuela and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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