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19,550 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The tsunami in Nepal, abductions in France and violence in Damascus drew the news. France's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 77 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

148 of its 192 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lobuche accounted for 72 of Nepal's 148 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Lobuche stories →
Rights & justice

France

307 of its 877 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 69 of Syria's 126 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

China

738 of its 2,405 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (306 stories). Avalanche was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 20 of Haiti's 37 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Oman

42 of its 100 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

88 of its 109 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Darfur accounted for 32 of Sudan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Panama

31 of its 108 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 5 of Conakry's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (560 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in India (73 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in South Korea (11 of its stories, about three 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 7 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 19,550 stories about harm among 97,304 counted on 7 Jan.

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In Nepal, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 97,304 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of poisoning ran about 4 times their usual in Brazil's news. On 8 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal77 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Palestine71 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 679 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 950 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 New York US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Greenwich Village US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Seoul South Korea36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualBoise, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsChelmsford, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 20 outletsAccra, Ghana -- food & livelihood: 39 stories, carried by 33 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 29 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Chelmsford UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,183 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,697 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 4,360 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence11% 2,091 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,044 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 852 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 678 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 274 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 killed4,787 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,870 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees108 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations79 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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