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13,553 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tripoli (Libya), violence in Kabul and deaths in Lusaka. Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 84 in 100 of its 112 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Libya

94 of its 112 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tripoli accounted for 49 of Libya's 94 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 28 of Tripoli's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

116 of its 179 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Zambia

31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Lusaka accounted for 26 of Zambia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Health

Yemen

40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

235 of its 343 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 63 of Tehran's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

83 of its 150 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Lima accounted for 46 of Peru's 83 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. 43 of Lima's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

72 of its 100 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jenin accounted for 53 of Palestine's 72 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Yerevan accounted for 30 of Armenia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

UK

1,382 of its 4,828 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (204 stories). Extreme cold was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia, snowstorms and storms.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (90 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in India (42 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Dec. 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 13,553 stories about harm among 67,614 counted on 12 Dec.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2022. of the day's 67,614 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Libya stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Libya. In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya84 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Palestine72 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iran69 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Tehran Iran63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 Los Angeles US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Mashhad Iran48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Lima Peru43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 38 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 47 stories, carried by 52 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 28 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsSalisbury, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsTuam, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 47 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 4,757 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,022 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,235 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence10% 1,380 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 742 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 575 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 475 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 203 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 killed3,434 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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