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The day's news pointed at illness in Phnom Penh, violence in Kyiv and people displaced in Bangladesh. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.
Health
72 of its 104 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Phnom Penh accounted for 51 of Cambodia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Flu was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
746 of its 2,166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 413 of Ukraine's 746 stories about harm, carried by 609 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
58 of its 154 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 29 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 15 of Tehran's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
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Conflict & violence
78 of its 94 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Nablus accounted for 28 of Palestine's 78 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
25 of its 41 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 8 of Tunis' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
Health
59 of its 165 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Disasters & accidents
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Cyclone was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and tropical storm.
Conflict & violence
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
cyclone in Mozambique (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in China (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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The news turned to Cambodia for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 73,605 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
20 in every 100 of the day's 73,605 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20). Cambodia: 72 of its 104 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ukraine: 746 of its 2,166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bangladesh: 58 of its 154 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Iran: Tehran accounted for 29 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. Mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual in Mozambique's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cambodia. A year earlier, on 24 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
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: too little coverage to read 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 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 Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: too little coverage to read 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: 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 Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Oman: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: too little coverage to read 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 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: too little coverage to read 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 Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read 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 Czech Republic: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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 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 Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: 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: 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: 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 Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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 Zimbabwe: warmth about its own usual United Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usual Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Syria: warmth about its own usual Russia: warmth about its own usual Romania: warmth about its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual Kenya: warmth about its own usual Iraq: warmth about its own usual India: warmth about its own usual Denmark: warmth about its own usual Belgium: warmth about its own usual Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Leuven, Belgium -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outlets Baghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 15 outlets Copenhagen, Denmark -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outlets Kano, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 24 stories, carried by 36 outlets Bengaluru, India -- health: 32 stories, carried by 27 outlets Enugu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 24 outlets Wisconsin, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outlets Springfield, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 44 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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