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17,319 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Sanaa, landslides in China and people killed in Cameroon. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 81 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

75 of its 101 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 75 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

411 of its 1,992 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Landslides were named in 173 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake, extreme cold and snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Cameroon

88 of its 109 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Malaria was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Benin

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

169 of its 248 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tehran accounted for 100 of Iran's 169 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Poland

48 of its 162 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 36 of Iraq's 60 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

The Red Sea accounted for 43 of Djibouti's 44 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Afghanistan

87 of its 147 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

55 of its 134 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (213 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Canada (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 17,319 stories about harm among 94,433 counted on 22 Jan.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 21 December 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,433 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Cameroon's news. A year earlier, on 22 January 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Yemen stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cameroon81 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 20 · mostly health Yemen74 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 1,423 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan70 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran68 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 Gaza Palestine43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Tehran Iran37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSambaza, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsKillington, US -- other: 15 stories, carried by 38 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 44 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 28 stories, carried by 32 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsAltaussee, Austria -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsManila, Philippines -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 15 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

● Sambaza Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Killington US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 15 stories ● North Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,916 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice21% 3,514 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,332 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,546 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Shelter & services5% 867 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 866 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 573 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed4,552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,521 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured991 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US 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 softer 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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