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The news turned to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), flooding in Slovenia and landslides in Japan. Russia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 42 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 14
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

276 of its 532 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 203 of Bangladesh's 276 stories about harm, carried by 497 outlets. 120 of Dhaka's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Shelter & services

Slovenia

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Krizna Jama accounted for 15 of Slovenia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Krizna Jama stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

180 of its 539 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories). Landslides were named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

115 of its 293 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Palestine

200 of its 266 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 122 of Palestine's 200 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Beirut accounted for 31 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

35 of its 55 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 25 of Iraq's 35 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 31 of Afghanistan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Australia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in US (96 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in India (21 of its stories, more than ten 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 7 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 9,819 stories about harm among 48,309 counted on 7 Jan.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Bangladesh. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 48,309 stories, above the usual 19. Bangladesh's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. On 7 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Japan, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine75 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 1,020 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh52 in 100 of its 532 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Dhaka Bangladesh120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Portland US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Tel Aviv Israel30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Des Moines US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPoland: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 101 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBallinrobe, Ireland -- displacement: 20 stories, carried by 34 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 43 outletsSydney, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 203 stories, carried by 497 outletsArabian Sea, India -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsIllinois, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 12 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Ballinrobe Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 20 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Sydney Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 2,200 stories · about as usual Health22% 2,136 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,106 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence20% 1,879 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 302 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 302 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 242 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 killed2,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,013 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations124 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ecuador and the UK

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 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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