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The news turned to protests in Lima (Peru), violence in Beirut and the earthquake in Taiwan. Peru's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 57 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Peru

84 of its 139 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Lima accounted for 41 of Peru's 84 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 30 of Lima's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

77 of its 136 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 60 of Lebanon's 77 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Taiwan

47 of its 148 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iran

153 of its 251 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 75 of Iran's 153 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 52 of Tehran's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 145 of Ukraine's 291 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Storms were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

49 of its 88 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 37 of Ethiopia's 49 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

15 of its 48 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Tunis' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

7 of its 26 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 3 of Dakar's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (236 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in UK (30 of its stories, about 5 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 15 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 15,993 stories about harm among 80,616 counted on 15 Dec.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Peru. of the day's 80,616 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Taiwan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. On 15 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 20 today. In Peru, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria63 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Peru60 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon57 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Northern Ireland UK62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 549 Tehran Iran52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 San Francisco US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 98 outletsCape May, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 97 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 113 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- disasters & accidents: 107 stories, carried by 195 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsBilawal, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 11 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 60 stories ● Cape May US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● West Midlands UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 107 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,595 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,663 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,277 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,512 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,126 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 755 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 610 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 256 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 killed3,744 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about one and a half times 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 much softer than 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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