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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.

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualLouisiana, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsOregon, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsIgueben, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 47 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbbotsford, Canada -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 47 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Louisiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Igueben Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Towie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

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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