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The day's news pointed at protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), violence in Jerusalem and rights and justice in Savieciai. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm Country hit hardestLibya 90 in 100 of its 243 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 434 of Afghanistan's 662 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

221 of Tehran's 334 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kigali accounted for 121 of Rwanda's 160 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.

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21 in 100 stories were about harm

25 the day before
25 in 10021 in 1001 Jan2 Jan3 Jan4 Jan1 Jan: 24 in 1002 Jan: 25 in 1003 Jan: 25 in 1004 Jan: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 42,523 stories about harm among 201,127 counted on 4 Jan.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Saudi Arabia. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,127 news stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 243 stories · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 271 stories · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala77 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq74 in 100 of its 760 stories · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 933 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia1793 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2182 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US738 stories about protests or strikes, of its 805 Washington US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1361 Awamiya Saudi Arabia245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Tehran Iran221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

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: about as warm as the world's or lessVanuatu: about as warm as the world's or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as the world's or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessSouth 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 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 lessUganda: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as the world's or lessThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as the world's or lessSuriname: about as warm as the world's or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as the world's or lessSudan: about as warm as the world's or lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessSeychelles: about as warm as the world's or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as the world's or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as the world's or lessNigeria: about as warm as the world's or lessNiger: about as warm as the world's or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as the world's or lessNiue: 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 lessMorocco: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessMexico: about as warm as the world's or lessMauritius: about as warm as the world's or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessMalawi: about as warm as the world's or lessMadagascar: 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 lessLibya: 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: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessJordan: about as warm as the world's or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as the world's or lessGreece: about as warm as the world's or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as the world's or lessCôte 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 readChina: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as the world's or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as the world's or lessMonaco: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times the world'sTanzania: warmth about one and a half times the world'sSpain: warmth about the world'sSouth Korea: warmth about the world'sSouth Africa: warmth about the world'sSierra Leone: warmth about the world'sRwanda: warmth about the world'sRussia: warmth about the world'sPhilippines: warmth about the world'sNorway: warmth about the world'sNetherlands: warmth about the world'sKuwait: warmth about the world'sJapan: warmth about one and a half times the world'sJamaica: warmth about the world'sHungary: warmth about the world'sGuinea: warmth about the world'sGhana: warmth about the world'sGambia: warmth about the world'sColombia: warmth about the world'sBurundi: warmth about the world'sBolivia: warmth about the world'sSylhet, Bangladesh -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsHabomai, Russia -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- rights & justice: 48 stories, carried by 46 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsAdamawa, Nigeria -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKariba, Zimbabwe -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsShandong, China -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

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

Warmest events

● Sylhet Bangladesh about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Michigan US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Habomai Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Caracas Venezuela about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 48 stories ● Budapest Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 13,288 stories Rights & justice26% 10,656 stories Disasters & accidents21% 8,877 stories Health7% 2,984 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,451 stories Displacement3% 1,382 stories Shelter & services3% 1,255 stories Food & livelihood2% 856 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 killed15,405 stories Stories reporting arrests5,540 stories Stories reporting people affected4,991 stories Stories reporting people injured4,284 stories Stories reporting refugees1,208 stories Stories reporting evacuations550 stories Stories reporting abductions483 stories Stories reporting people displaced228 stories Stories reporting people falling ill46 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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