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25,811 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to storms in Türkiye, violence in Jerusalem and illness in Wuhan. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 67 in 100 of its 508 stories, usually 37
RegionEast Asia 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

342 of its 508 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Istanbul accounted for 227 of Türkiye's 342 stories about harm, carried by 612 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). Storms were named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with avalanche and plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

355 of its 815 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jerusalem accounted for 251 of Israel's 355 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (186 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

China

3,753 of its 5,784 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Wuhan accounted for 1,818 of China's 3,753 stories about harm, carried by 1,816 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Chickenpox was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Colombia

43 of its 109 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

44 of its 67 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

96 of its 167 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

187 of its 711 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Japan

294 of its 1,220 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

269 of its 357 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Idlib accounted for 160 of Syria's 269 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Colombia (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Philippines (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Ireland (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Feb. 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 25,811 stories about harm among 125,061 counted on 6 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 125,061 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran about 8 times their usual in Türkiye's news. In Türkiye, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. On 6 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 357 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye67 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico66 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Maldives66 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence China65 in 100 of its 5,784 stories · usually 54 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572 Wuhan China117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1818 Jerusalem Israel63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Hollywood US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 534

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 269 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 355 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 342 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 92 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 10,464 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice22% 5,488 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 4,050 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence9% 2,398 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,195 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 755 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 577 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 483 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 killed7,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,461 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations494 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting refugees236 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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 much 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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