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The news turned to protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), violence in Tel Aviv and a disaster in Dubai. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm Country hit hardestRwanda 86 in 100 of its 288 stories
RegionSub-Saharan Africa not compared yet
Tone of the words Not compared yet across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Belgium

Brussels accounted for 282 of Belgium's 287 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

Ait Ahmed accounted for 119 of Algeria's 149 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kigali accounted for 178 of Rwanda's 249 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

4 of Santiago's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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24 in 100 stories were about harm

24 in 10024 in 1001 Jan1 Jan: 24 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 30,508 stories about harm among 125,898 counted on 1 Jan.

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24 in every 100 of the day's 125,898 news stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea98 in 100 of its 93 stories · mostly health Rwanda86 in 100 of its 288 stories · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 133 stories · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 598 stories · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic74 in 100 of its 114 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461 Washington US225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1183 Dubai United Arab Emirates186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1035 Civil Air Patrol US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Times Square US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 492

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as the world's or lessZambia: about as warm as the world's or lessYemen: about as warm as the world's or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as the world's or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as the world's or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as the world's or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as the world's or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as the world's or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as the world's or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as the world's or lessTurkey: about as warm as the world's or lessTunisia: about as warm as the world's or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as the world's or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as the world's or lessThailand: about as warm as the world's or lessTanzania: about as warm as the world's or lessTajikistan: about as warm as the world's or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as the world's or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as the world's or lessSweden: about as warm as the world's or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as the world's or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as the world's or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as the world's or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as the world's or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as the world's or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as the world's or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as the world's or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as the world's or lessRussia: about as warm as the world's or lessRomania: about as warm as the world's or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as the world's or lessPoland: about as warm as the world's or lessPhilippines: about as warm as the world's or lessPeru: about as warm as the world's or lessParaguay: about as warm as the world's or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as the world's or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as the world's or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as the world's or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as the world's or lessNamibia: about as warm as the world's or lessMozambique: about as warm as the world's or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as the world's or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as the world's or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as the world's or lessMadagascar: about as warm as the world's or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as the world's or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as the world's or lessLiberia: about as warm as the world's or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as the world's or lessLatvia: about as warm as the world's or lessLaos: about as warm as the world's or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as the world's or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as the world's or lessIsrael: about as warm as the world's or lessPalestine: about as warm as the world's or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as the world's or lessIran: about as warm as the world's or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as the world's or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as the world's or lessGuyana: about as warm as the world's or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as the world's or lessGrenada: about as warm as the world's or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as the world's or lessGeorgia: about as warm as the world's or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as the world's or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as the world's or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as the world's or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as the world's or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as the world's or lessEgypt: about as warm as the world's or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as the world's or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as the world's or lessGreenland: about as warm as the world's or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as the world's or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as the world's or lessCuba: about as warm as the world's or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as the world's or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as the world's or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as the world's or lessChad: about as warm as the world's or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as the world's or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as the world's or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as the world's or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as the world's or lessBulgaria: about as warm as the world's or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as the world's or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as the world's or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as the world's or lessBelarus: about as warm as the world's or lessBarbados: about as warm as the world's or lessBangladesh: about as warm as the world's or lessBahrain: about as warm as the world's or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as the world's or lessAustria: about as warm as the world's or lessAustralia: about as warm as the world's or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as the world's or lessArgentina: about as warm as the world's or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as the world's or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as the world's or lessAlbania: about as warm as the world's or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as the world's or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as the world's or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as the world's or lessWest Bank: about as warm as the world's or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as the world's or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as the world's or lessCrimea: about as warm as the world's or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as the world's or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as the world's or lessVatican City: about as warm as the world's or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as the world's or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as the world's or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as the world's or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as the world's or lessJersey: about as warm as the world's or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as the world's or lessMaldives: about as warm as the world's or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as the world's or lessSt. 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: warmth about the world'sUK: warmth about the world'sUganda: warmth about the world'sSouth Sudan: warmth about the world'sSudan: warmth about the world'sSouth Korea: warmth about the world'sSierra Leone: warmth about the world'sNorth Korea: warmth about the world'sNigeria: warmth about one and a half times the world'sMorocco: warmth about the world'sKenya: warmth about the world'sJapan: warmth about the world'sJamaica: warmth about the world'sItaly: warmth about the world'sHungary: warmth about the world'sGuinea: warmth about the world'sGhana: warmth about the world'sGambia: warmth about the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about the world'sCameroon: warmth about the world'sBurundi: warmth about one and a half times the world'sSan Juan Regional Medical Center, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsNelson Bay, Australia -- health: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsLucknow, India -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 24 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 43 outletsWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outlets
Warmer than the world's The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against the world's that day. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's ● Burundi about one and a half times as warm as the world's

Warmest events

● San Juan Regional Medical Center US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Nelson Bay Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Lucknow India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Bujumbura Burundi about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 9,307 stories Rights & justice23% 6,890 stories Disasters & accidents21% 6,329 stories Health10% 3,062 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,719 stories Displacement5% 1,470 stories Shelter & services3% 845 stories Food & livelihood2% 536 stories

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 killed11,685 stories Stories reporting people affected4,395 stories Stories reporting people injured4,095 stories Stories reporting arrests3,629 stories Stories reporting evacuations1,192 stories Stories reporting refugees665 stories Stories reporting people displaced347 stories Stories reporting abductions300 stories Stories reporting people falling ill25 stories

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

● Anger–
● Warmth–
● Grief–
● Fear–

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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