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17,918 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the tsunami in Greece and violence in Orebro. Sweden's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 41 in 100 of its 288 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

135 of its 313 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 88 of Bangladesh's 135 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 64 of Dhaka's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

119 of its 288 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Santorini accounted for 57 of Greece's 119 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Tsunami was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Santorini stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

107 of its 256 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Orebro accounted for 52 of Sweden's 107 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Orebro stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

34 of its 114 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Argentina

76 of its 191 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Buenos Aires accounted for 51 of Argentina's 76 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Covid was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

76 of its 154 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

38 of its 52 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave, heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Plane crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Argentina (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Philippines (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,918 stories about harm among 101,115 counted on 6 Feb.

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Of the day's 101,115 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 7 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda78 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Congo73 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan63 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir49 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 792 Dhaka Bangladesh64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Amritsar India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Hollywood US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBrighton, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsYamuna, India -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsManipur, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsKarak, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 63 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

● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Yamuna India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,184 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice26% 4,541 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,261 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 2,004 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 788 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 707 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 584 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 438 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 killed3,851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,051 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,934 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured760 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions323 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations120 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK 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 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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