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The annual Global State of Emotions report says people worldwide are sadder, angrier and more fearful than ever before.
CNN reports all three emotions rose to record levels in 2018, for the second consecutive year.
On the bright side, people reported a slight decline in stress, meaning that overall, the world remained exactly as miserable as it was in 2017.
Unfortunately, that also was a record year for misery.
In the most recent 12 months dominated by war, political crises and humanitarian emergencies around the globe, Chad took the unwelcome honor of being the world's most negative country.
It was followed by Niger, Sierra Leone, and Iraq, while Latin American nations dominated on the positive side.
Analysis in the Global State of Emotions report is complied through 151,000 interviews in 2018 with adults in more than 140 countries.
It has measured emotions annually since 2006.
The 10 most negative countries were:
Chad
Niger
Sierra Leone
Iraq
Iran
Benin
Liberia
Guinea
Palestinian Territories
Congo
[Source: CNN]
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