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36,133 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to storms in Türkiye, protests in Azaz (Syria) and heavy rain in Thailand. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 53 in 100 of its 422 stories, usually 11
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

939 of its 1,266 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Istanbul accounted for 596 of Türkiye's 939 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (221 stories). Storms were named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

1,194 of its 1,367 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Azaz accounted for 887 of Syria's 1,194 stories about harm, carried by 694 outlets. 503 of Azaz's 887 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (533 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Azaz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

201 of its 383 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Heavy rain was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Cyprus

120 of its 343 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

283 of its 497 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Colombo accounted for 258 of Sri Lanka's 283 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 240 of Colombo's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

272 of its 472 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 65 of Monte Cristo's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

228 of its 264 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 215 of Somalia's 228 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Chile

238 of its 369 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Santiago accounted for 234 of Chile's 238 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

135 of its 188 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 110 of Haiti's 135 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 67 of Port-au-Prince's 110 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Morocco

38 of its 88 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Poland (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Albania (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Gambia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jan. 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 36,133 stories about harm among 148,786 counted on 7 Jan.

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Of the day's 148,786 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 8 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria87 in 100 of its 1,367 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia86 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye74 in 100 of its 1,266 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti72 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Fort Lauderdale US624 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3251 Azaz Syria503 stories about protests or strikes, of its 887 Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 917 Colombo Sri Lanka240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Istanbul Türkiye114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 lessUnited States: 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 lessUganda: 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 readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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 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 lessSomalia: 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 lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPeru: 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 lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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 lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualCanberra, Australia -- health: 21 stories, carried by 111 outletsEsquimalt, Canada -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsCastle Point, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 42 stories, carried by 44 outletsClare County, US -- disasters & accidents: 49 stories, carried by 49 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsIsawi, Syria -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 54 outletsHenin-Beaumont, France -- rights & justice: 58 stories, carried by 60 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

● Cyprus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Esquimalt Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Castle Point UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Clare County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 49 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 10,544 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice23% 8,312 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents19% 6,738 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health14% 5,103 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,392 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,108 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 942 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 501 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 killed14,004 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured6,068 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,434 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees423 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations387 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting abductions321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced187 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the UK and India

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as 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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