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12,117 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Kashmir, protests in Tehran (Iran) and volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Iraq →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 69 in 100 of its 162 stories, usually 32
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

111 of its 162 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 111 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

1,340 of its 2,051 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 1,007 of Iran's 1,340 stories about harm, carried by 1,300 outlets. 632 of Tehran's 1,007 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

330 of its 593 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Philippine accounted for 246 of the Philippines' 330 stories about harm, carried by 549 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (110 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 258 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Health

Senegal

16 of its 47 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Afghanistan

114 of its 170 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 62 of Afghanistan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

213 of its 303 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 154 of Iraq's 213 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

69 of its 86 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malta

32 of its 94 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

50 of its 184 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

37 of its 112 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (39 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Malaysia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 12,117 stories about harm among 54,082 counted on 12 Jan.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 54,082 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Iraq. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. In Kashmir, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Cyprus, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico89 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti80 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq70 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir69 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran632 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1007 Delhi India91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Kolkata India58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Sydney Australia45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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 readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: 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 usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualGranbury, US -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 50 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrisbane, Australia -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 42 outletsBrooklyn, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsDakar, Senegal -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 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

● Granbury US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Brisbane Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents28% 3,291 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice24% 2,835 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence18% 2,199 stories · about as usual Health17% 1,985 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 713 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 246 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 215 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 killed4,349 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people affected1,267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations213 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Iraq Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about the usual rate

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.