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18,996 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to drownings in Taiwan, violence in the Red Sea and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Djibouti's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 57 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 26
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

Taiwan

67 of its 185 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kinmen accounted for 54 of Taiwan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drownings were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Kinmen stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

42 of its 87 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. the Red Sea accounted for 41 of Djibouti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
Health

Denmark

29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Papua New Guinea

35 of its 61 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

86 of its 122 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 52 of Haiti's 86 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Finland

18 of its 75 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Russia

Kremlin accounted for 427 of Russia's 616 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Estonia

11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Lebanon (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 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 20 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 18,996 stories about harm among 108,809 counted on 20 Feb.

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Mentions of drownings ran about 5 times their usual in Taiwan's news. of the day's 108,809 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Taiwan stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. On 20 February 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 →

Haiti70 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 1,594 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 475 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea57 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Kremlin Russia112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Delhi India44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Sandeshkhali India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readRwanda: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBlackrock, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsOhio, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 31 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 33 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsKirby Sigston, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 27 stories, carried by 16 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

● Blackrock UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Alabama US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Zurich Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kirby Sigston UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,735 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice26% 4,896 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,530 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,475 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,151 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 719 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 700 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 436 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 killed5,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,029 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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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