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The day's news pointed at violence in Tehran, protests in Amman (Jordan) and arrests in Hong Kong. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJordan 41 in 100 of its 197 stories, usually 19
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

Iran

354 of its 465 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tehran accounted for 190 of Iran's 354 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Illness was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Jordan

80 of its 197 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Amman's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

73 of its 268 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ethiopia

22 of its 60 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought.

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

Sudan

52 of its 69 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 23 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

456 of its 616 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Gaza accounted for 323 of Palestine's 456 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

448 of its 1,434 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

39 of its 110 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 9 of Colombo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 27 of Iraq's 67 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

70 of its 111 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Canada (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in UK (16 of its stories, about 7 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 30 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 19,830 stories about harm among 109,608 counted on 30 Jan.

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Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in Ethiopia's news. of the day's 109,608 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On 30 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. Iran's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran76 in 100 of its 465 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine74 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 1,372 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia63 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 646 Gaza Palestine63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Tehran Iran56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Islamabad Pakistan41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 readNamibia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLiberia: 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: 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: 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 lessIreland: 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 lessIndia: 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: 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: 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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualAbyei, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsAbyei, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsWyoming, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsRaipur, India -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 25 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 22 stories, carried by 14 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 36 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abyei South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Abyei Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Wyoming US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Raipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,706 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice23% 4,484 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 3,638 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,565 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,034 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 848 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 677 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 439 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 killed5,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions692 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations189 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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