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The news turned to helicopter crash in South Sudan, protests in Tehran (Iran) and wildfires in Chile. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostChile 59 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

South Sudan

58 of its 76 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Juba accounted for 40 of South Sudan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

96 of its 144 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 96 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. 40 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

48 of its 82 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

318 of its 703 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Islamabad accounted for 111 of Pakistan's 318 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Illness was named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

37 of its 80 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Diwaniyah accounted for 26 of Iraq's 37 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 17 of Diwaniyah's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

42 of its 89 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

28 of its 96 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Pakistan (89 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in US (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (10 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 5 Feb. 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 6,556 stories about harm among 33,903 counted on 5 Feb.

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For the third day running, the news turned to South Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 33,903 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 February 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In South Sudan, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan76 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Iran67 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Chile59 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine49 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Jerusalem Israel41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Tehran Iran40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Islamabad Pakistan32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 60 outletsDes Moines, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 57 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 25 stories, carried by 36 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 34 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 26 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

● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Des Moines US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Manchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 1,838 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Rights & justice25% 1,580 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,061 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 949 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 319 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 299 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 217 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 168 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 killed1,706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected701 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced90 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and India Stories reporting abductions83 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees82 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and the US Stories reporting evacuations60 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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.

● Angerabout as 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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