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27,576 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Tehran (Iran) and violence in Morelos drew the news. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 36 in 100 of the stories about harm Country hit hardestSaudi Arabia 86 in 100 of its 3,669 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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 221 of Afghanistan's 377 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Causeway Bay accounted for 140 of Hong Kong's 151 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 101 of Causeway Bay's 140 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

China

124 of Beijing's 177 stories were about protests or strikes.

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25 in 100 stories were about harm

25 the day before
25 in 10024 in 1001 Jan2 Jan3 Jan1 Jan: 24 in 1002 Jan: 25 in 1003 Jan: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 27,576 stories about harm among 109,662 counted on 3 Jan.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Saudi Arabia. 25 in every 100 of the day's 109,662 news stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Saudi Arabia86 in 100 of its 3,669 stories · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 195 stories · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia79 in 100 of its 132 stories · mostly conflict & violence Israel76 in 100 of its 1,160 stories · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 417 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia2129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2282 Harney County US413 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 816 Tehran Iran211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Jerusalem Israel135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346

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: about as warm as the world's or lessVanuatu: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as the world's or lessTanzania: about as warm as the world's or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as the world's or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as the world's or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as the world's or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as the world's or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as the world's or lessSpain: about as warm as the world's or lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessSlovakia: about as warm as the world's or lessSlovenia: about as warm as the world's or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as the world's or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as the world's or lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as the world's or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as the world's or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as the world's or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as the world's or lessLiberia: about as warm as the world's or lessLesotho: about as warm as the world's or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as the world's or lessGermany: about as warm as the world's or lessGeorgia: about as warm as the world's or lessGambia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as the world's or lessDominica: about as warm as the world's or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as the world's or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as the world's or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as the world's or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as the world's or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as the world's or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as the world's or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as the world's or lessAngola: about as warm as the world's or lessAndorra: about as warm as the world's or lessAlgeria: about as warm as the world's or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as the world's or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as the world's or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as the world's or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as the world's or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readUganda: warmth about the world'sSudan: warmth about the world'sSierra Leone: warmth about the world'sQatar: warmth about the world'sPhilippines: warmth about the world'sNigeria: warmth about the world'sMalaysia: warmth about the world'sLibya: warmth about one and a half times the world'sJapan: warmth about the world'sGuinea: warmth about the world'sGhana: warmth about one and a half times the world'sCzechia: warmth about the world'sBurundi: warmth about the world'sSirte, Libya -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsDinanagar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsArkansas, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 26 stories, carried by 28 outletsLakeside, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 29 stories, carried by 21 outletsConakry, Guinea -- health: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsRavi River, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 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

● Libya about one and a half times as warm as the world's ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's

Warmest events

● Sirte Libya about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● Michigan US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Dinanagar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Arkansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 26 stories ● Lakeside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence36% 9,849 stories Rights & justice26% 7,083 stories Disasters & accidents18% 4,881 stories Health6% 1,630 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,588 stories Displacement4% 958 stories Shelter & services3% 717 stories Food & livelihood1% 384 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 killed12,033 stories Stories reporting arrests4,233 stories Stories reporting people affected3,531 stories Stories reporting people injured2,533 stories Stories reporting evacuations777 stories Stories reporting refugees754 stories Stories reporting abductions284 stories Stories reporting people displaced163 stories Stories reporting people falling ill30 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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