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14,771 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at snowstorms in Afghanistan, rights and justice in Jammu and people killed in Oman. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostOman 34 in 100 of its 445 stories, usually 8
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Afghanistan

130 of its 190 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 60 of Afghanistan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

60 of its 128 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 60 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

151 of its 445 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

58 of its 150 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iran

1,582 of its 2,398 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 1,132 of Iran's 1,582 stories about harm, carried by 1,686 outlets. Plane crash was named in 324 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ukraine

65 of its 186 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

161 of its 243 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 113 of Iraq's 161 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

236 of its 1,134 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Respiratory illness was named in 109 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

196 of its 217 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 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: respiratory illness in China (109 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Iran (324 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 14,771 stories about harm among 64,608 counted on 11 Jan.

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China's news mentioned respiratory illness about 5 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 64,608 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. On 11 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 23 today. Afghanistan stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico90 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq66 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran66 in 100 of its 2,398 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria47 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1132 Delhi India123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Baghdad Iraq55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Sydney Australia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualKansas, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 64 outletsOhio, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 79 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrisbane, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 65 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsIdiroko, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 84 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 21 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Brisbane Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 3,723 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice22% 3,217 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health18% 2,673 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence17% 2,549 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,150 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 589 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 303 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 killed5,216 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting arrests1,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

● 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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