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17,855 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Mamoudzou, violence in Sanaa and arrests in France. France's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFrance 31 in 100 of its 1,136 stories, usually 14
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Mayotte

50 of its 55 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Mamoudzou accounted for 46 of Mayotte's 50 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mayotte over 30 days → its stories → Mamoudzou stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sanaa accounted for 34 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

France

357 of its 1,136 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Russia

318 of its 868 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

95 of its 184 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tunis accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

15 of its 43 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times 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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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

57 of its 238 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

42 of its 74 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Israel (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Australia (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in US (289 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 19 Dec. 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 17,855 stories about harm among 99,882 counted on 19 Dec.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Mayotte. of the day's 99,882 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Congo's news mentioned the malaria about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Mayotte, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 78% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mayotte91 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Vanuatu81 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen67 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 687 Delhi India78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Tel Aviv Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Manhattan US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Beijing China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 29 outletsMaine, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 26 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 47 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 30 outletsKwazulu, South Africa -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● North Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,125 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,508 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,791 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,276 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 972 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 774 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 714 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 313 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 killed4,469 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,028 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,405 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced183 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 harsher 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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