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20,465 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tehran (Iran), volcanic eruption in the Philippines and violence in Jammu. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 71 in 100 of its 1,112 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

1,352 of its 2,243 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 903 of Iran's 1,352 stories about harm, carried by 1,108 outlets. 565 of Tehran's 903 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Philippines

791 of its 1,112 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 493 of the Philippines' 791 stories about harm, carried by 922 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (244 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 714 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

115 of its 164 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 66 of Kashmir's 115 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

19 of its 54 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Azerbaijan

29 of its 106 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

143 of its 340 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 14 of Riyadh's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

31 of its 85 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 155 of Iraq's 235 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 66 of Afghanistan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Avalanche was named in 18 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

Niger

48 of its 49 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in China (82 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Ireland (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Malaysia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Afghanistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (36 of its stories, about 5 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 13 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 20,465 stories about harm among 105,041 counted on 13 Jan.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 105,041 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. A year earlier, on 13 January 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Iran stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Philippines71 in 100 of its 1,112 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir70 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti66 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq62 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran565 stories about protests or strikes, of its 903 Delhi India143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 300 Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 544 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Baghdad Iraq45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 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 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: 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: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 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: 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: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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 readChina: 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: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualWhite Settlement, US -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 30 outletsNorfolk, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsDiamond Bay, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 16 stories, carried by 65 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 37 outletsAmman, Jordan -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort Macquarie, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 17 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

● White Settlement US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Norfolk US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Diamond Bay Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 5,211 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice24% 4,744 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 4,091 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 3,259 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,116 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 795 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 403 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 killed6,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,034 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations401 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half 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 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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