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23,178 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to the hunger in Yemen, rights and justice in Harare and people killed in Chad. Yemen's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 64 in 100 of its 97 stories, usually 36
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

148 of its 166 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 71 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Hunger was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Chad

27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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

Cuba

62 of its 97 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Havana accounted for 44 of Cuba's 62 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Spain

137 of its 384 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Snowstorms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

76 of its 159 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Japan

187 of its 655 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Indonesia (52 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in India (233 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Spain (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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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 23,178 stories about harm among 84,552 counted on 11 Jan.

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Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 84,552 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 12 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 27 today. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 69%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba64 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia59 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1472 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2069 New York US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Chicago US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 San Francisco US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Los Angeles US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualTowie, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAskham, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 22 outletsOregon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsNadda, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsRathkeale, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsAlmaty, Kazakhstan -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 42 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- 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

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

Warmest events

● Towie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Askham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Nadda India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 12,556 stories · much less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice19% 4,471 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence11% 2,443 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,824 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 823 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 225 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 195 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 killed7,026 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,744 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions105 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting evacuations71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill42 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 harsher 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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