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21,950 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Jammu, protests in Cairo (Egypt) and volcanic eruption in the Philippines drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 70 in 100 of its 257 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

179 of its 257 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 179 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (56 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Egypt

86 of its 241 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cairo accounted for 61 of Egypt's 86 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 39 of Cairo's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

617 of its 949 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Philippine accounted for 324 of the Philippines' 617 stories about harm, carried by 592 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (183 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 533 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

150 of its 354 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 16 of Riyadh's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 790 of Iran's 1,145 stories about harm, carried by 1,238 outlets. 397 of Tehran's 790 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Snowstorms were named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 112 of Iraq's 171 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Snowstorms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

20 of its 88 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Pakistan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Malaysia (25 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 14 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 21,950 stories about harm among 117,529 counted on 14 Jan.

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The news turned to Kashmir for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 117,529 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Kashmir, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. On 14 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico70 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir70 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines65 in 100 of its 949 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq59 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 2,029 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran397 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Delhi India141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Baghdad Iraq42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Cairo Egypt39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 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 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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 readSt 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 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: 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 readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKatsina, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsRuzizi, Rwanda -- food & livelihood: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 48 outletsMasaya, Nicaragua -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 52 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 19 outletsDallas, US -- conflict & violence: 85 stories, carried by 97 outletsKitimat, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsLeuven, Belgium -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 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

● Kazakhstan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Katsina Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Ruzizi Rwanda about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 11 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Masaya Nicaragua about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,609 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 5,019 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health22% 4,829 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,905 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,347 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 813 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 562 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 438 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 killed6,168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,284 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations289 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Iran Stories reporting people displaced176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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