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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Gaza and flooding in the Netherlands. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.
Protests & strikes
122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 83 of Iran's 122 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 56 of Tehran's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Conflict & violence
274 of its 392 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 224 of Palestine's 274 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
40 of its 133 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid, cyclone and drownings. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Food & livelihood
55 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Buenos Aires accounted for 42 of Argentina's 55 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets.
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Protests & strikes
59 of its 217 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Cairo accounted for 47 of Egypt's 59 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 24 of Cairo's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Conflict & violence
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
33 of its 116 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Rights & justice
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Rights & justice
Dhaka accounted for 45 of Bangladesh's 73 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Conflict & violence
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Ireland (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (288 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Egypt (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in UK (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 51,376 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Ireland's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. Iran's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 10 December 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 3 of 7 days.
20 in every 100 of the day's 51,376 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Iran: 122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Palestine: 274 of its 392 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Netherlands: 40 of its 133 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Argentina: 55 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Ireland's news. Mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual in the US's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. A year earlier, on 10 December 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 3 of 7 days. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: 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: too little coverage to read Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: too little coverage to read 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 United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: 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: too little coverage to read Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: too little coverage to read Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Lithuania: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: too little coverage to read Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: too little coverage to read Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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 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 Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: too little coverage to read 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 Crimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to read Bermuda: too little coverage to read British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Yemen: warmth about its own usual Sudan: warmth about its own usual Norway: warmth about its own usual Iran: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Tehran, Iran -- rights & justice: 83 stories, carried by 225 outlets Doha, Qatar -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 25 outlets Khartoum, Sudan -- displacement: 14 stories, carried by 40 outlets Michigan, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outlets Florida, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outlets Anambra, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outlets Jammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 14 outlets Islamabad, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 31 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 harsher 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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