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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Istanbul (Türkiye), violence in Kyiv and people killed in Indonesia. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and South Korea →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 68 in 100 of its 312 stories, usually 34
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

211 of its 312 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Istanbul accounted for 176 of Türkiye's 211 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. 126 of Istanbul's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

148 of its 329 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kyiv accounted for 109 of Ukraine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 281 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Indonesia

42 of its 111 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

44 of its 173 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Wildfires were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 147 of Israel's 523 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

52 of its 120 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kenya

59 of its 172 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

87 of its 304 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

117 of its 185 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 93 of Palestine's 117 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

125 of its 327 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Rome accounted for 108 of Italy's 125 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Argentina (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in UK (102 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in China (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 23 Mar. 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 8,991 stories about harm among 45,947 counted on 23 Mar.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 45,947 stories, above the usual 18. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and South Korea. In Türkiye, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. On 23 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Türkiye68 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Israel67 in 100 of its 782 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Jerusalem Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Manhattan US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

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: 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 lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readPakistan: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsFlorida, US -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsSwindon, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsManipur, India -- displacement: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 132 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

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● North Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 26 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Lahore Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,421 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice25% 2,181 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,551 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,504 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 468 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 294 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 226 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 176 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 killed2,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured793 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions287 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations143 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees71 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

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

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