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Most of the day's attention went to the earthquake in Greece, people killed in Taiwan and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 45 in 100 of its 346 stories, usually 19
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

154 of its 346 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Santorini accounted for 93 of Greece's 154 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Earthquake was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption, tsunami and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Santorini stories →
Health

Taiwan

70 of its 208 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tbilisi accounted for 16 of Georgia's 16 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 15 of Tbilisi's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

120 of its 189 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Manbij accounted for 65 of Syria's 120 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Manbij stories →
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Health

Uganda

51 of its 90 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 39 of Uganda's 51 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

62 of its 74 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

38 of its 142 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (79 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (37 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in India (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Feb. 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 15,104 stories about harm among 87,564 counted on 3 Feb.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 December 2024. the news turned to Greece for the second day running. Greece's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 87,564 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan84 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda70 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 831 Los Angeles US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Chicago US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Delhi India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Taiwan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,354 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice23% 3,382 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,991 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 1,820 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 561 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 527 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 397 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 killed3,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,690 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,517 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions283 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations98 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 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 softer than 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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