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17,489 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Madagascar, protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and the avalanche in Afghanistan. Madagascar's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 91 in 100 of its 79 stories, usually 63
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

72 of its 79 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Antananarivo accounted for 45 of Madagascar's 72 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Madagascar over 30 days → its stories → Antananarivo stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 4 of Tegucigalpa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

161 of its 241 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 161 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Armenia

36 of its 109 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

300 of Ottawa's 324 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

5 of Phnom Penh's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Gabon

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Uganda

33 of its 73 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Taiwan

41 of its 109 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Taipei accounted for 32 of Taiwan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Morocco (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Israel (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,489 stories about harm among 75,906 counted on 7 Feb.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. the news turned to Madagascar for the fourth day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 8 times their usual in Morocco's news. of the day's 75,906 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar91 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria69 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines47 in 100 of its 634 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Sri Lanka46 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada300 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 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: 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 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 54 outletsRabat, Morocco -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 36 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsManipur, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsRome, Italy -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 53 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

● Kogi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Rabat Morocco about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Hyderabad India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 9,249 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice19% 3,350 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,847 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,215 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 559 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 556 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 339 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 228 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 killed3,912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured676 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees153 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people displaced124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US

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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