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Violence in Bamako, rights and justice in Port-au-Prince and people injured in Cyprus drew the news. Mali's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMali 76 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 34
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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Mali

39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bamako accounted for 22 of Mali's 39 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

26 of its 71 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Russia

403 of its 898 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kuwait

20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 169 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Colombia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (15 of its stories, about three 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 25 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 19,836 stories about harm among 112,359 counted on 25 Jan.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Mali. Mali stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 25 January 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. of the day's 112,359 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti75 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Israel72 in 100 of its 1,419 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 318 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 586 Jerusalem Israel79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Gaza Palestine29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Buenos Aires Argentina28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,016 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Japan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,866 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice24% 4,667 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence15% 2,960 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,950 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 883 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 800 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 428 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 killed4,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,164 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions515 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations126 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about the usual rate

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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