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Violence in Kyiv, protests in Tehran (Iran) and illness in Davos drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Conflict & violence
576 of its 997 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kyiv accounted for 371 of Ukraine's 576 stories about harm, carried by 623 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (483 stories). Plane crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
120 of its 182 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 120 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 34 of Tehran's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Health
169 of its 663 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Davos accounted for 137 of Switzerland's 169 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Disasters & accidents
74 of its 103 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Pokhara accounted for 49 of Nepal's 74 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets.
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Conflict & violence
87 of its 153 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Warsaw accounted for 74 of Poland's 87 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets.
Disasters & accidents
18 of its 60 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Protests & strikes
4 of Rwamagana's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Health
Covid was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
Lima accounted for 22 of Peru's 26 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 20 of Lima's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
Health
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual:
covid in France (84 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
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For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,440 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in France's news. On 18 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 19 today. Ukraine stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%.
19 in every 100 of the day's 81,440 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 21). Ukraine: 576 of its 997 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Iran: 120 of its 182 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Switzerland: 169 of its 663 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Nepal: 74 of its 103 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in France's news. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual in Indonesia's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 18 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Tanzania: too little coverage to read Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: too little coverage to read Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: too little coverage to read Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: too little coverage to read Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read United Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usual Thailand: warmth about its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Saudi Arabia: warmth about its own usual Philippines: warmth about its own usual Peru: warmth about its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual Malaysia: warmth about its own usual Malawi: warmth about its own usual China: warmth about its own usual Canada: warmth about its own usual Burkina Faso: warmth about its own usual China: warmth about its own usual Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 20 stories, carried by 17 outlets Mogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 22 outlets Indiana, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 119 outlets Montana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 17 outlets Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outlets Islamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 53 outlets Toronto, Canada -- health: 59 stories, carried by 86 outlets Lanarkshire, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 15 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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