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12,352 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Pokhara, arrests in Italy and people injured in Congo. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 84 in 100 of its 485 stories, usually 42
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

405 of its 485 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Pokhara accounted for 323 of Nepal's 405 stories about harm, carried by 553 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Pokhara stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

157 of its 520 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Lima accounted for 28 of Peru's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 21 of Lima's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

27 of its 28 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Dheisheh accounted for 33 of Palestine's 45 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

345 of its 786 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

82 of its 197 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

38 of its 72 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 90 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 24 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Romania (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 16 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 12,352 stories about harm among 60,354 counted on 16 Jan.

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The news turned to Nepal for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 60,354 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. Nepal stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 16 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal84 in 100 of its 485 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Peru64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Iran53 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Uganda53 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Pokhara Nepal26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Tehran Iran24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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 lessLebanon: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: 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 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 readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualQin Gang, China -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsVermont, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 34 outletsEnugu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsPune, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsAshmore, UK -- disasters & accidents: 16 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Qin Gang China about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Minnesota US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Enugu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 3,715 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice24% 2,891 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,233 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,359 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 702 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 425 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 198 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 killed3,202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Burkina Faso Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Rwanda Stories reporting evacuations72 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
● 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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