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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Santiago, protests in Dakar (Senegal) and volcanic eruption in el Salvador. Chile's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 75 in 100 of its 250 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

187 of its 250 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Santiago accounted for 57 of Chile's 187 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories). Tsunami was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

61 of its 131 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Dakar accounted for 48 of Senegal's 61 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 45 of Dakar's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

85 of its 149 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. San Salvador accounted for 61 of el Salvador's 85 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → San Salvador stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

305 of its 776 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Iraq

85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 35 of Iraq's 85 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 20 of Baghdad's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

116 of its 136 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 105 of Iran's 161 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Armenia

27 of its 68 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

120 of its 257 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in Kenya (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in US (175 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in India (13 of its stories, about 5 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 5 Feb. 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 17,799 stories about harm among 97,782 counted on 5 Feb.

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Chile's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 97,782 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Chile for the third day running. Mentions of gas explosion ran about three times their usual in Kenya's news. On 5 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria85 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Chile75 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan74 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Iraq71 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 432 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431 Los Angeles US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 460 Jerusalem Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Gaza Palestine54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Dakar Senegal45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 816 stories about harm ● Chile about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Japan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 167 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,040 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,410 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,783 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 2,607 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 814 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 700 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 615 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 525 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 killed4,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,031 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions432 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees334 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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 much 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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