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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

how these are picked →
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).

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

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 lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: 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 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 readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsIdaho, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsArkansas, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 81 outletsYeovil, UK -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 45 stories, carried by 35 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 29 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- shelter & services: 20 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Arkansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Yeovil UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Manchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories

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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