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The day's news pointed at protests in Ottawa (Canada), violence in Baghdad and people killed in Barbados. Canada's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIraq 69 in 100 of its 118 stories, usually 46
RegionCentral Asia 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Canada

482 of its 1,065 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ottawa accounted for 261 of Canada's 482 stories about harm, carried by 686 outlets. 244 of Ottawa's 261 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Canada over 30 days → its stories → Ottawa stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

82 of its 118 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 69 of Iraq's 82 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Barbados

11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

186 of its 531 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Kyiv accounted for 147 of Ukraine's 186 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

164 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 42 of Wellington's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Cyclone was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

37 of its 65 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 37 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

19 of its 46 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Beirut's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chile

8 of its 22 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 5 of Santiago's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

43 of Paris' 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (37 stories). 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: cyclone in New Zealand (48 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 8,753 stories about harm among 38,987 counted on 13 Feb.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. A year earlier, on 13 February 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. 22 in every 100 of the day's 38,987 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. In Canada, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq69 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir57 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia56 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Kabul Afghanistan49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Paris France43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Wellington New Zealand42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: 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 lessPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 24 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsBerlin, Germany -- health: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsMinneapolis, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 31 stories, carried by 37 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 24 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 15 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

● Khartoum Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Berlin Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Bangkok Thailand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Minneapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 3,923 stories · much less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice22% 1,911 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence11% 948 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents10% 873 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 320 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 268 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 233 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 181 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 killed2,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests918 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations53 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and South Korea

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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