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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Munich, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and gas explosion in Taiwan. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGermany 36 in 100 of its 1,044 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Germany

376 of its 1,044 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Munich accounted for 243 of Germany's 376 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (232 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 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.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Munich stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

113 of its 264 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 113 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 31 of Dhaka's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Taiwan

84 of its 247 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Gas explosion was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Brazil

63 of its 267 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Macao

16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

32 of its 92 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hypothermia was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

51 of its 108 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

58 of its 101 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

73 of its 225 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Flooding was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

39 of its 112 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Egypt (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Chile (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Macao (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (12 of its stories, about three 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 13 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 18,046 stories about harm among 102,894 counted on 13 Feb.

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Taiwan's news mentioned gas explosion more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,894 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Germany, 36% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 February 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel60 in 100 of its 837 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda57 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 823 Munich Germany94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Dhaka Bangladesh31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBrighton, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsAnchorage, US -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 148 outletsMontana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 52 stories, carried by 24 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 19 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 125 stories, carried by 147 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Brighton UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Anchorage US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 52 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,387 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice24% 4,270 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,445 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,984 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 772 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 676 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 671 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 453 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 killed3,447 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,872 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,046 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions390 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced200 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angerabout as 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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