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27,881 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Alberto Fujimori (Peru), evacuations in France and violence in Kabul. Peru's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPeru 69 in 100 of its 632 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Peru

433 of its 632 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 309 of Peru's 433 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 220 of Alberto Fujimori's 309 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Alberto Fujimori stories →
Health

France

319 of its 862 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Food poisoning was named in 141 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

315 of its 443 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 200 of Afghanistan's 315 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

China

675 of its 3,185 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Hunger was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

320 of its 413 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Power cuts were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

162 of its 188 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Sanaa accounted for 113 of Yemen's 162 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Dominican Republic

60 of its 72 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

118 of its 178 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tunis accounted for 111 of Tunisia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

62 of its 140 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

177 of its 381 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (51 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Libya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (30 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 Dec. 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 27,881 stories about harm among 121,108 counted on 26 Dec.

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Peru's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. France's news mentioned food poisoning about 7 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 121,108 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Vatican City84 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Dominican Republic83 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 25 · mostly health Syria77 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 443 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 925 Jerusalem Israel237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Alberto Fujimori Peru220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Moscow Russia187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Beijing China119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 lessTunisia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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 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 readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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 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 lessCentral 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 lessCambodia: 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 lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualFrench Polynesia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 200 stories, carried by 158 outletsRaleigh, US -- health: 52 stories, carried by 40 outletsCleveland, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 50 stories, carried by 63 outletsFeng Chong, China -- health: 13 stories, carried by 67 outletsPuntland, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 29 outletsGaza, Palestine -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 304 stories, carried by 260 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- health: 29 stories, carried by 31 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

● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 200 stories ● Raleigh US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 52 stories ● Cleveland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 50 stories ● Feng Chong China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Puntland Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 7,240 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 5,782 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence19% 5,349 stories · about as usual Health19% 5,155 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,787 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,024 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 697 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 468 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 killed9,116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,660 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced380 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Dominican Republic and the US

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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