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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan), illness in Kampala and snowstorms in Pakistan. Kazakhstan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 74 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 50
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

305 of its 473 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Almaty accounted for 175 of Kazakhstan's 305 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. 112 of Almaty's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Health

Uganda

47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kampala accounted for 31 of Uganda's 47 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

237 of its 539 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with poisoning and road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

60 of its 93 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tigray accounted for 50 of Ethiopia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Cyprus

82 of its 111 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

47 of its 72 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

85 of its 180 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

144 of its 223 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Health

Bangladesh

115 of its 218 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

19 of Aung Hlaing's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Myanmar (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Germany (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Cyprus (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,625 stories about harm among 73,175 counted on 10 Jan.

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It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Kazakhstan. of the day's 73,175 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Myanmar's news mentioned landslides about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 January 2021, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Kazakhstan, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cyprus74 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Myanmar71 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir70 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Fiji65 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 630 Almaty Kazakhstan112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Chicago US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Khartoum Sudan29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30

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 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: 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: 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 readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: 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 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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 lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualOrlando, US -- health: 106 stories, carried by 120 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsStockton, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 47 outletsUttar Pradesh, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 102 stories, carried by 191 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 19 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 93 stories, carried by 139 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

● Orlando US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 106 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Stockton US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Uttar Pradesh India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Manchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 102 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 12,350 stories · about as usual Rights & justice13% 2,608 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,336 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,268 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 674 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 529 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 426 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 270 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 killed4,825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,380 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 about as 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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