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The news turned to protests in Jenin (Palestine), violence in Pulwama and people injured in Bolivia. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 69 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 48
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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Protests & strikes

Palestine

38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 19 of Jenin's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

51 of its 91 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Pulwama accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Pulwama stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bolivia

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Belgium

41 of its 102 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Brussels accounted for 38 of Belgium's 41 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 27 of Brussels' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Canada

847 of its 2,015 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 340 of Ottawa's 382 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (236 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 112 of Afghanistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

72 of Wellington's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 29 of Yemen's 44 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

25 of Berlin's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heatwave was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Germany (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Russia (10 of its stories, about 6 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 14 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 16,587 stories about harm among 75,177 counted on 14 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Ireland's news. A year earlier, on 14 February 2021, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,177 stories, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen70 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 382 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Wellington New Zealand72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Moscow Russia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualTowie, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 17 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 42 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 · 12 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 8,481 stories · less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice19% 3,084 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,567 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,449 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 618 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 569 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 388 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed3,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions106 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations45 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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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