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The news turned to violence in Ankara, protests in Seoul (South Korea) and rights and justice in Kampala. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBosnia 89 in 100 of its 154 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,617 of its 3,157 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Ankara accounted for 2,279 of Türkiye's 2,617 stories about harm, carried by 1,162 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (468 stories). Accidents were named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

464 of its 1,301 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Seoul accounted for 400 of South Korea's 464 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. 209 of Seoul's 400 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (272 stories).

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

482 of its 988 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kampala accounted for 407 of Uganda's 482 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

335 of its 1,162 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (33 stories). Road crashes were named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

South Sudan

144 of its 189 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

137 of its 154 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 24 of Sarajevo's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guyana

45 of its 122 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 30 of Georgetown's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

53 of its 131 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

401 of its 715 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 329 of Egypt's 401 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. 166 of Cairo's 329 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Displacement

Austria

289 of its 472 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (232 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Tonga (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Eswatini (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Argentina (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Sudan (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 52,600 stories about harm among 264,317 counted on 18 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 264,317 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia89 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye83 in 100 of its 3,157 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Tonga78 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan76 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ankara Türkiye870 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2279 Delhi India600 stories about protests or strikes, of its 835 Ramallah Palestine352 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Washington US345 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1653 Jerusalem Israel265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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 readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessMalawi: 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 lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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 readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 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 lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: 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 its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFrench Polynesia: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 48 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 407 stories, carried by 342 outletsVermont, US -- disasters & accidents: 72 stories, carried by 39 outletsRancho Mirage, US -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsSitra, Bahrain -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 27 outletsTihar, India -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBattambang, Cambodia -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 64 outletsMudgee, Australia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 12 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 66 stories ● Kampala Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 407 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 72 stories ● Rancho Mirage US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Sitra Bahrain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 17,951 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence26% 13,423 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health11% 5,505 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents10% 5,377 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,579 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,036 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,905 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,604 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 killed16,636 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,985 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced950 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations222 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about a third of 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
● Feara little more than 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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