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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Jeju, flooding in Palestine and power cuts in Puerto Rico. Palestine's coverage was about twice 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 mostPuerto Rico 77 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

390 of its 842 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jeju accounted for 169 of South Korea's 390 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (320 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Palestine

104 of its 152 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 104 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hypothermia. 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.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Shelter & services

Puerto Rico

81 of its 105 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Guinea

28 of its 35 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Trinidad & Tobago

39 of its 72 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 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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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

36 of its 61 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 7 of Caracas' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

58 of its 122 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 39 of Iran's 58 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

46 of its 112 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Hypothermia was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

80 of its 185 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in China (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (156 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Greece (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 14,114 stories about harm among 70,829 counted on 31 Dec.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to South Korea. In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 8 times their usual. South Korea stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 70,829 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico77 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 28 · mostly shelter & services Palestine68 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 723 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela59 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Syria57 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 San Francisco US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Seoul South Korea27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Dhaka Bangladesh24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Tel Aviv Israel22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 lessVenezuela: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualSylvan Lake, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsJohannesburg, South Africa -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsImphal, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsIndiana, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsColumbus, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsCanberra, Australia -- food & livelihood: 20 stories, carried by 79 outletsIhiala, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Sylvan Lake Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Johannesburg South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Imphal India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Anambra Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,614 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,449 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,908 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,734 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 906 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 569 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 460 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 239 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 killed4,026 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting arrests1,873 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions282 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees78 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.