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12,031 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), landslides in Japan and the hunger in Palestine. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and Israel → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Ecuador →
Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 61 in 100 of its 380 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

230 of its 380 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 154 of Bangladesh's 230 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. 103 of Dhaka's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories).

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

248 of its 573 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 stories). Landslides were named in 69 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 129 of Palestine's 150 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with chickenpox and meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Health

Ecuador

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks.

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

St Vincent

23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paget Farm accounted for 21 of St Vincent's 23 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

54 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

142 of its 379 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

48 of its 92 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

48 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

US

269 of Washington's 503 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Snowstorms were named in 250 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (250 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in India (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 12,031 stories about harm among 57,786 counted on 6 Jan.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 15 October 2023. of the day's 57,786 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and Israel. Mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual in Japan's news. In Bangladesh, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 878 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iran62 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh61 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 503 Dhaka Bangladesh103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Portland US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 London UK21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Jerusalem Israel20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualCanberra, Australia -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 73 outletsJaipur, India -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOhio, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaine, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 26 outletsHaneda, Japan -- displacement: 25 stories, carried by 227 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 18 stories, carried by 35 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 11 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

● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 12 stories ● Jaipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Haneda Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 2,889 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice23% 2,687 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,596 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence17% 2,034 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 556 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 421 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 326 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 303 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 killed3,489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,403 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,145 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations219 at about twice the usual rate · most about Japan and Israel Stories reporting people displaced161 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ireland and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Ecuador

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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