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27,567 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and violence in Tel Aviv and Kabul. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 36 in 100 of the stories about harm Country hit hardestSaudi Arabia 85 in 100 of its 2,337 stories
RegionMiddle East & North 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

Iraq

Ramadi accounted for 287 of Iraq's 478 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets.

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25 in 100 stories were about harm

24 the day before
25 in 10024 in 1001 Jan2 Jan1 Jan: 24 in 1002 Jan: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 27,567 stories about harm among 108,678 counted on 2 Jan.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 108,678 news stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga92 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia89 in 100 of its 362 stories · mostly conflict & violence Guinea85 in 100 of its 85 stories · mostly health Saudi Arabia85 in 100 of its 2,337 stories · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic81 in 100 of its 161 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia637 stories about protests or strikes, of its 931 Washington US285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 920 Tarut Saudi Arabia106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Los Angeles US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Pathankot India88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1509

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 readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as the world's or lessUruguay: about as warm as the world's or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as the world's or lessGuam: about as warm as the world's or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as the world's or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as the world's or lessTunisia: about as warm as the world's or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as the world's or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as the world's or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as the world's or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as the world's or lessTaiwan: about as warm as the world's or lessSyria: 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 readSouth Sudan: about as warm as the world's or lessSudan: about as warm as the world's or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as the world's or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as the world's or lessSomalia: about as warm as the world's or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as the world's or lessPeru: about as warm as the world's or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as the world's or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as the world's or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as the world's or lessMalta: about as warm as the world's or lessMali: about as warm as the world's or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as the world's or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as the world's or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as the world's or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as the world's or lessKuwait: about as warm as the world's or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as the world's or lessJamaica: about as warm as the world's or lessItaly: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessIraq: about as warm as the world's or lessIran: about as warm as the world's or lessIndonesia: about as warm as the world's or lessIndia: about as warm as the world's or lessIceland: about as warm as the world's or lessHungary: about as warm as the world's or lessHonduras: about as warm as the world's or lessHaiti: about as warm as the world's or lessGuyana: about as warm as the world's or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as the world's or lessGuatemala: about as warm as the world's or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as the world's or lessGermany: about as warm as the world's or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as the world's or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as the world's or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as the world's or lessGreenland: about as warm as the world's or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as the world's or lessDenmark: about as warm as the world's or lessCzech 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: about as warm as the world's or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as the world's or lessCosta 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as the world's or lessChile: about as warm as the world's or lessChad: about as warm as the world's or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as the world's or lessCameroon: about as warm as the world's or lessCambodia: about as warm as the world's or lessMyanmar: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessBolivia: about as warm as the world's or lessBhutan: about as warm as the world's or lessBenin: about as warm as the world's or lessBelize: about as warm as the world's or lessBelgium: about as warm as the world's or lessBelarus: about as warm as the world's or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessGaza: 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: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as the world's or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as the world's or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as the world's or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as the world's or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times the world'sSouth Korea: warmth about the world'sSierra Leone: warmth about the world'sNorth Korea: warmth about the world'sNigeria: warmth about the world'sJapan: warmth about one and a half times the world'sGuinea: warmth about the world'sGhana: warmth about the world'sChina: warmth about the world'sCentral African Republic: warmth about the world'sBurundi: warmth about the world'sChina: warmth about the world'sHagerstown, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsMichigan, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMontreux, Switzerland -- health: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsBitta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 13 outletsBeijing, China -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 157 stories, carried by 145 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 20 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

● Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the world's ● Japan about one and a half times as warm as the world's

Warmest events

● Hagerstown US about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Michigan US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Montreux Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Bitta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Freetown Sierra Leone about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence36% 9,880 stories Rights & justice22% 5,968 stories Disasters & accidents18% 4,906 stories Health9% 2,391 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,914 stories Displacement4% 982 stories Shelter & services3% 718 stories Food & livelihood2% 419 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 killed12,589 stories Stories reporting arrests3,607 stories Stories reporting people affected3,510 stories Stories reporting people injured3,021 stories Stories reporting evacuations889 stories Stories reporting refugees447 stories Stories reporting abductions382 stories Stories reporting people displaced195 stories Stories reporting people falling ill48 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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