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The news turned to a disaster in Antakya, violence in Baghdad and protests in Tehran (Iran). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 75 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 34
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

568 of its 806 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Antakya accounted for 144 of Türkiye's 568 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Rabies was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Antakya stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

86 of its 115 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Baghdad accounted for 74 of Iraq's 86 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

14 of Tehran's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

200 of its 416 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Cyclone was named in 151 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, storm surge and tropical storm.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

257 of its 917 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 82 of Syria's 241 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Equatorial Guinea

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 9 of Managua's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (151 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Sweden (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,074 stories about harm among 67,444 counted on 13 Feb.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 18 November 2022. For the sixth day running, the news turned to Türkiye. A year earlier, on 13 February 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 67,444 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria76 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq75 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye70 in 100 of its 806 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine66 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Los Angeles US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Moscow Russia19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualKentucky, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 69 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 20 stories, carried by 26 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 19 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

● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 3,860 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,525 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice21% 2,496 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence11% 1,304 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 614 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 484 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 420 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 183 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 killed3,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured696 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions70 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 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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