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16,799 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Beirut, landslides in Japan and protests in Tunis (Tunisia). Lebanon's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Japan and Israel →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostJapan 65 in 100 of its 1,919 stories, usually 13
RegionEast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

119 of its 171 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 105 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,238 of its 1,919 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (253 stories). Landslides were named in 135 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, volcanic eruption and building collapse.

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

Ukraine

337 of its 607 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 195 of Ukraine's 337 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

221 of its 538 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

230 of its 329 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 182 of Palestine's 230 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

The Red Sea accounted for 81 of Djibouti's 81 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Finland

24 of its 79 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

72 of its 207 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Finland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (82 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jan. 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 16,799 stories about harm among 82,866 counted on 2 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 26 November 2023. 20 in every 100 of the day's 82,866 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In Finland's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Japan and Israel. Lebanon's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine70 in 100 of its 329 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon70 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 1,480 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Japan65 in 100 of its 1,919 stories · usually 13 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria59 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Jerusalem Israel75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Mumbai India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Islamabad Pakistan36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Manhattan US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little warmer than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 218 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,029 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 230 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,272 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents22% 3,647 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice19% 3,163 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence18% 2,947 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 853 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 555 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 548 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 killed5,258 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people affected1,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,752 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests1,602 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations362 at about three times the usual rate · most about Japan and Israel Stories reporting people displaced303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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
● 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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