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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 →
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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.

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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).

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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

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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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsKano, Nigeria -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- other: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 23 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 28 stories, carried by 11 outletsLarkana, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 18 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

● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Kano Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 11 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 23 stories ● Davos Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 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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