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13,566 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Brasilia (Brazil), road crashes in Senegal and violence in Jerusalem. Senegal'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 · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 54 in 100 of its 851 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Brazil

463 of its 851 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brasilia accounted for 329 of Brazil's 463 stories about harm, carried by 565 outlets. 313 of Brasilia's 329 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (275 stories). Flooding was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

42 of its 71 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kaffrine accounted for 20 of Senegal's 42 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

166 of its 273 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 82 of Iran's 166 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 58 of Tehran's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

19 of its 57 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

288 of its 726 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Flooding was named in 156 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and hunger.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

9 of Eldoret's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

63 of its 171 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. the Suez Canal accounted for 43 of Egypt's 63 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

85 of its 229 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dhaka accounted for 49 of Bangladesh's 85 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Pakistan (156 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Jan. 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 13,566 stories about harm among 66,119 counted on 9 Jan.

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In Brazil, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 66,119 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Pakistan's news. A year earlier, on 9 January 2022, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria61 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Senegal59 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine58 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Brazil54 in 100 of its 851 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brasilia Brazil313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381 Manhattan US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Tehran Iran58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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 usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsShenzhen, China -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsNemacolin, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 25 outletsSao Paulo, Brazil -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 147 outletsChennai, India -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 12 stories, carried by 17 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 108 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

● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Shenzhen China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Nemacolin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Sao Paulo Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 4,883 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice22% 2,926 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,026 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,582 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 703 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 607 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 423 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 239 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 killed3,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured646 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and India Stories reporting evacuations136 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting abductions94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less than 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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