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13,185 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to deaths in Balikesir, illness in Port-au-Prince and arrests in Hong Kong. Türkiye's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 46 in 100 of its 297 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Türkiye

136 of its 297 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Balikesir accounted for 65 of Türkiye's 136 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Balikesir stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

40 of its 58 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

North Korea

16 of its 46 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 100 of Palestine's 153 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

47 of its 123 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

19 of its 53 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

20 of its 22 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

123 of its 504 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in India (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (52 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 24 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 13,185 stories about harm among 72,330 counted on 24 Dec.

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Türkiye stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,330 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti69 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan61 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 543 Damascus Syria49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'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'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: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: 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

● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 457 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 263 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,367 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,260 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,416 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 1,796 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 691 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 518 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 448 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 375 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 killed3,260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,074 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions264 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations135 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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