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54,295 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Damascus, rights and justice in Uppsala and people injured in Italy. Sri Lanka's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 45 in 100 of its 732 stories, usually 13
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,607 of its 2,070 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Damascus accounted for 1,049 of Syria's 1,607 stories about harm, carried by 506 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (575 stories). Tornadoes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

330 of its 732 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Uppsala accounted for 245 of Sweden's 330 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Uppsala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,244 of its 2,682 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (320 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

121 of its 339 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 65 of Colombo's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

135 of its 249 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Svay Rieng accounted for 92 of Cambodia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

115 of its 153 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 72 of Somalia's 115 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek accounted for 169 of Kyrgyzstan's 198 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 149 of Bishkek's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 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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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

53 of its 106 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Estonia

74 of its 233 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

344 of its 706 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bird flu was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Chile (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Saudi Arabia (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Cameroon (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (126 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 54,295 stories about harm among 280,309 counted on 24 Jan.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 November 2016. In Chile's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 280,309 stories, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 25 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria78 in 100 of its 2,070 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 1,164 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 522 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3190 Jerusalem Israel422 stories about protests or strikes, of its 770 Damascus Syria402 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1049 Minnesota US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297 Paris France158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readVatican 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 lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- displacement: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 22 outletsFort Collins, US -- health: 40 stories, carried by 38 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsOrange County, US -- conflict & violence: 130 stories, carried by 81 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsGanderbal, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 92 stories, carried by 40 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 21 stories ● Niger Delta Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● Fort Collins US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 40 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Orange County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 130 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,704 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 10,645 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health19% 10,139 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,931 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,057 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,275 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,320 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,002 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 killed14,458 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people affected7,480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,596 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees1,460 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and China Stories reporting people displaced1,115 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions486 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations364 at about half the usual rate · most about Cambodia and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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