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19,635 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Baghdad, evacuations in Japan and extreme cold in Sweden. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 84 in 100 of its 650 stories, usually 51
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

103 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 85 of Iraq's 103 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

534 of its 1,326 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Heavy rain was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding and extreme cold.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sweden

58 of its 185 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Iran

545 of its 650 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 234 of Iran's 545 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (346 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

101 of its 155 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beirut accounted for 87 of Lebanon's 101 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 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.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

267 of its 609 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

41 of its 58 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Freetown accounted for 30 of Sierra Leone's 41 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

15 of its 49 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

7 of Aung Hlaing's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Russia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 19,635 stories about harm among 100,819 counted on 4 Jan.

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In Iraq's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 100,819 stories, as usual. Iraq's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. A year earlier, on 4 January 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran84 in 100 of its 650 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone71 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 1,496 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 San Francisco US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 Newark US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGhana: 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 readFiji: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry 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 three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as 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

● Iran about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 545 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 1,000 stories about harm ● Switzerland few stories a little warmer than the world's · 48 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,636 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,554 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 3,312 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,034 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 887 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 760 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 580 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 568 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 killed5,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions410 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations299 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting people displaced214 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees175 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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 about as 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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