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16,475 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to rights and justice in Munich, protests in Beirut (Lebanon) and homes and services in Curepipe. Chile's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostChile 41 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 22
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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Rights & justice

Germany

331 of its 1,055 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Munich accounted for 246 of Germany's 331 stories about harm, carried by 393 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (153 stories). 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

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 40 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 18 of Beirut's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

59 of its 144 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hypothermia was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Fiji

25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Natural hazards were named in 17 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

72 of its 211 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

47 of its 74 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Italy

118 of its 551 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

47 of its 155 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kivu accounted for 35 of Rwanda's 63 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Egypt (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Fiji (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (58 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 16,475 stories about harm among 94,315 counted on 14 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Germany. of the day's 94,315 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Germany stood out: 31% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. On 15 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda75 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 642 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan56 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 830 Munich Germany76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 Manhattan US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 New Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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 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 lessNorth Korea: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessChad: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: 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 usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChile: 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 usualJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 48 stories, carried by 24 outletsPlacer County, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 32 outletsVan Buren County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 13 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 104 stories, carried by 335 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 28 stories, carried by 26 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 28 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

● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 48 stories ● Placer County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Van Buren County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Lanarkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 4,988 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 4,078 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,070 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,923 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 641 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 578 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 506 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 349 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 killed3,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions330 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced193 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Rwanda and Israel Stories reporting refugees168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Korea and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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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