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26,695 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Warsaw (Poland), people killed in Senegal and flooding in Fiji drew the news. Poland's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPoland 51 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Poland

89 of its 176 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Warsaw accounted for 51 of Poland's 89 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 40 of Warsaw's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Health

Senegal

21 of its 42 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Bird flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

48 of its 83 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain.

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

Lebanon

96 of its 167 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Beirut accounted for 70 of Lebanon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 44 of Beirut's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 188 of Russia's 327 stories about harm, carried by 361 outlets. 127 of Moscow's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

42 of its 73 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Health

Singapore

121 of its 305 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Vietnam

90 of its 241 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Outbreaks were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

India

321 of Delhi's 544 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). Tsunami was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with malaria.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Vietnam (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Tanzania (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Syria (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 26,695 stories about harm among 103,904 counted on 28 Jan.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Poland. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 103,904 stories, below the usual 28. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 5 times their usual in Vietnam's news. In Poland, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. A year earlier, on 29 January 2020, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen70 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji58 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Tanzania58 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 25 · mostly health Lebanon57 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 56 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US421 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1401 Delhi India321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 544 Moscow Russia127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Chicago US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Beirut Lebanon44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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 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 lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: 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 lessLaos: 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 14 outletsCalhoun County, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsChatham, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsColerain, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsWest Lothian, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsAlausa, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsHalls Gap, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsBumble, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 27 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

● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Calhoun County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Chatham Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Colerain US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● West Lothian UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 15,890 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice18% 4,636 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,092 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,827 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,009 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 466 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 283 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 278 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 killed6,707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions271 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa

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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