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Most of the day's attention went to plane crash in South Korea and Russia and people killed in New Zealand. South Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 77 in 100 of its 1,314 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

1,018 of its 1,314 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Muan accounted for 483 of South Korea's 1,018 stories about harm, carried by 842 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (456 stories). Plane crash was named in 364 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Muan stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

261 of its 485 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 199 of Russia's 261 stories about harm, carried by 668 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Plane crash was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Health

New Zealand

55 of its 202 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

69 of its 166 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Baku accounted for 52 of Azerbaijan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

371 of its 568 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Illness was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

44 of its 114 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

83 of its 120 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 61 of Palestine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Brazil

29 of its 108 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 70 of Syria's 115 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (59 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (189 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 9,508 stories about harm among 42,772 counted on 29 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 8 October 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 42,772 stories, above the usual 18. South Korea's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. In South Korea's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Mozambique, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Korea77 in 100 of its 1,314 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine69 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 568 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 Jerusalem Israel29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Delhi India20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Berlin Germany19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 27 Muan South Korea17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 483

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 lessEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGeorgia, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 60 outletsPhiladelphia, US -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 45 outletsMaputo, Mozambique -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsJenin, Palestine -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 60 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 19 stories, carried by 27 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

● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Philadelphia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Maputo Mozambique about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 2,703 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health21% 1,978 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice21% 1,944 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence13% 1,232 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 769 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services3% 278 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 237 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 203 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 killed3,544 at about twice the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting people affected1,463 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting arrests958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured785 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting abductions254 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations108 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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 harsher than 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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