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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Jerusalem, protests in Ankara (Türkiye) and people injured in Pakistan. Israel's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 70 in 100 of its 538 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

378 of its 538 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 323 of Israel's 378 stories about harm, carried by 440 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (166 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

56 of its 107 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Ankara accounted for 32 of Türkiye's 56 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 17 of Ankara's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

301 of its 639 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 79 of Iran's 199 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Earthquake was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

111 of its 197 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Heavy rain was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, landslides and power cuts.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

48 of its 62 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 48 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 17 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

US

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Hypothermia was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Ghana

35 of its 128 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Japan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (20 of its stories, about 5 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 29 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 7,604 stories about harm among 36,789 counted on 29 Jan.

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21 in every 100 of the day's 36,789 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Sweden, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru77 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 55 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Israel70 in 100 of its 538 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence New Zealand56 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran55 in 100 of its 360 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Washington US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Memphis US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Boston US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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 readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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

● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 378 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 301 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,092 stories · much less than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice25% 1,844 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,241 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,229 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 404 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 343 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 204 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 142 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 killed2,301 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured861 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests775 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees80 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting abductions78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced53 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations36 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill5 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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