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The day's news pointed at violence in Peshawar, protests in Linguekoro (Burkina Faso) and rights and justice in Mali. Pakistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.
Conflict & violence
536 of its 983 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Peshawar accounted for 361 of Pakistan's 536 stories about harm, carried by 460 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (285 stories). Drownings were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 4 of Linguekoro's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes
Lima accounted for 26 of Peru's 45 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 19 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 33 of Tehran's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
21 of its 37 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Protests & strikes
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 4 of Quetzaltenango's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Protests & strikes
3 of Havana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Conflict & violence
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in US (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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The news turned to Pakistan for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 80,687 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 31 January 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Pakistan's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.
19 in every 100 of the day's 80,687 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20). Pakistan: 536 of its 983 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Burkina Faso: 25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mali: 11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Belgium: Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual in Afghanistan's news. Mentions of extreme cold ran about 4 times their usual in Canada's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Pakistan. A year earlier, on 31 January 2022, 25 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: 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 Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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 Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 China: 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: too little coverage to read Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Aksai Chin: 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 Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Thailand: warmth about its own usual South Korea: warmth about its own usual Peru: warmth about its own usual Italy: warmth about its own usual Israel: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Iran: warmth about its own usual Indonesia: warmth about its own usual Myanmar: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Wisconsin, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 21 outlets Vermont, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outlets Sussex, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outlets Ottawa, Canada -- health: 52 stories, carried by 72 outlets Pontypridd, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 18 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 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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