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The day's news pointed at protests in el Alto (Bolivia), violence in Ankara and the hurricane in the Bahamas. Bolivia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 72 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 37
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

65 of its 98 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. el Alto accounted for 63 of Bolivia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 62 of el Alto's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → El Alto stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,345 of its 1,955 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Ankara accounted for 970 of Türkiye's 1,345 stories about harm, carried by 641 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (208 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

81 of its 209 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (58 stories). Hurricane was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Niger

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Meningitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

Cairo accounted for 334 of Egypt's 445 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

65 of its 90 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

93 of its 144 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

1,094 of its 2,438 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 476 of Juarez's 543 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

126 of its 243 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Mali

144 of its 171 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bamako accounted for 108 of Mali's 144 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ethiopia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Tonga (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Finland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 51,882 stories about harm among 261,206 counted on 17 Feb.

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Mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. of the day's 261,206 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bolivia stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Mali84 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia74 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 2,586 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives72 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 842 Juarez Mexico476 stories about protests or strikes, of its 543 Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1919 Ramallah Palestine237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Seoul South Korea203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual 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 its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualWhitehall, UK -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 90 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- health: 84 stories, carried by 77 outletsLahj, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsBermagui, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsKampala, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 211 stories, carried by 161 outletsIowa, US -- rights & justice: 135 stories, carried by 43 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. 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

● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Whitehall UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 84 stories ● Lahj Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Bermagui Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 17,737 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence26% 13,167 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,746 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Health10% 5,238 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,667 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,962 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,921 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,448 stories · about as usual

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 killed16,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced845 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions493 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations219 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmtha little more than usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

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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