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15,361 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, protests in Lima (Peru) and people affected in Uganda. Peru's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 38 in 100 of its 345 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

130 of its 210 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 89 of Afghanistan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 25 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Health

Uganda

72 of its 119 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

67 of its 213 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Türkiye

69 of its 180 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 15 of Istanbul's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

65 of its 152 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 12 of Jakarta's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

131 of its 345 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 68 of Brasilia's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

40 of its 72 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tigray accounted for 25 of Ethiopia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

France

191 of its 726 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 122 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Switzerland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ecuador (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Japan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in US (184 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 15,361 stories about harm among 80,153 counted on 11 Jan.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 December 2022. of the day's 80,153 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Uganda's news mentioned Ebola about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 11 January 2022, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Afghanistan, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru67 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine66 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda61 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 Brasilia Brazil68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Tehran Iran38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Beijing China35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Switzerland about three times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Peru about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,538 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,459 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,156 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,666 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 812 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 552 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 273 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 killed3,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured727 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations148 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced84 at about half the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US

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 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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