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19,428 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Ulaanbaatar, plane crash in Russia and protests in Ottawa (Canada). Russia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 43 in 100 of its 56 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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Disasters & accidents

Mongolia

38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 29 of Mongolia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. 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.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories → Ulaanbaatar stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

328 of its 794 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Belgorod accounted for 187 of Russia's 328 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (209 stories). Plane crash was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Belgorod stories →
Protests & strikes

Canada

62 of Ottawa's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Plane crash was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with helicopter crash. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Mali

34 of its 49 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Caracas' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

21 of its 66 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

104 of its 318 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Marshall Islands

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

28 of its 46 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Moldova

16 of its 58 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in China (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (28 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 19,428 stories about harm among 111,795 counted on 24 Jan.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 September 2023. of the day's 111,795 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Mongolia stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. On 24 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 1,505 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq63 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 62 · mostly displacement Palestine62 in 100 of its 331 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen59 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Ottawa Canada62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Tel Aviv Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 35 in 100 of its 290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Zambia: 35 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Yemen: 59 in 100 of its 107 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 43 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 701 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Uganda: 28 in 100 of its 98 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Türkiye: 32 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 36 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sweden: 33 in 100 of its 318 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 35 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 63 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sri Lanka: 33 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 29 in 100 of its 846 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 61 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sierra Leone: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Senegal: 33 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Samoa: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Rwanda: 45 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Russia: 41 in 100 of its 794 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Philippines: 26 in 100 of its 681 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 27 in 100 of its 713 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nicaragua: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)New Zealand: 22 in 100 of its 534 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mongolia: 84 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Moldova: 28 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mali: 69 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Libya: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Liberia: 30 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 51 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kyrgyzstan: 29 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 69 in 100 of its 1,505 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 331 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 63 in 100 of its 210 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 56 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iceland: 44 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 67 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Germany: 22 in 100 of its 816 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 28 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ecuador: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Djibouti: 33 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Czechia: 32 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cyprus: 27 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Congo: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Colombia: 29 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Central African Republic: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Canada: 22 in 100 of its 3,695 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 28 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cambodia: 32 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Myanmar: 62 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Brazil: 23 in 100 of its 258 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Belarus: 31 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 27 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Azerbaijan: 24 in 100 of its 158 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Argentina: 26 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Albania: 31 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 36 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 331 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 331 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 701 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 331 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Marshall Islands: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 69 in 100 of its 1,505 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 62 in 100 of its 331 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 63 in 100 of its 210 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 56 in 100 of its 160 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 59 in 100 of its 107 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 63 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly displacement

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,463 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 4,409 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,063 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 3,008 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 989 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 828 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 718 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 452 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 killed4,764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,245 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions509 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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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