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15,455 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Cetinje, a disaster in Sfax and rights and justice in Tehran. Montenegro's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 84 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 29
RegionNorth America 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Montenegro

148 of its 176 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cetinje accounted for 140 of Montenegro's 148 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Montenegro over 30 days → its stories → Cetinje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Sfax accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Sfax stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

87 of its 163 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 87 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

New Zealand

73 of its 268 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief 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
Conflict & violence

France

237 of its 665 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

145 of its 199 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 86 of Palestine's 145 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

28 of its 130 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

240 of its 573 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 60 of Seoul's 82 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Zambia

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in St Vincent (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in China (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in India (46 of its stories, more than ten 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 2 Jan. 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 15,455 stories about harm among 75,557 counted on 2 Jan.

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Montenegro stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 75,557 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France. St Vincent's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Montenegro.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Montenegro84 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine73 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 671 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Iran53 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Seoul South Korea60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Dhaka Bangladesh45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Bhopal India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Islamabad Pakistan24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readVanuatu: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSt Vincent: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualUtah, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsScrubby Creek, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 49 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 40 outletsGuelph, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 22 outletsDonegal, Ireland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 19 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

● Utah US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Scrubby Creek Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 3,677 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health23% 3,481 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice18% 2,799 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,753 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,107 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 559 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 521 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 294 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 killed5,346 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured2,502 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about the usual rate

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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