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People displaced in Kibo, violence in Istanbul and people injured in Sweden drew the news. Tanzania's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Displacement
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kibo accounted for 19 of Tanzania's 50 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
82 of its 191 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Istanbul accounted for 41 of Türkiye's 82 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Rights & justice
12 of its 54 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
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Conflict & violence
91 of its 247 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
132 of its 429 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 72 of Russia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
38 of its 161 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Rights & justice
65 of its 236 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Health
25 of its 90 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual:
illness in Brazil (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Palestine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (125 of its stories, about three times its usual).
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Tanzania stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,251 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual. On 25 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 39,251 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Tanzania: 50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Türkiye: 82 of its 191 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sweden: 14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Jordan: 12 of its 54 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual in Ukraine's news. Mentions of snowstorms ran about three times their usual in the US's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 25 December 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Arab Emirates: too little coverage to read Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: too little coverage to read Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: too little coverage to read Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: too little coverage to read Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: too little coverage to read Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: too little coverage to read Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: too little coverage to read Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: too little coverage to read Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: too little coverage to read DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: too little coverage to read Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: too little coverage to read Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: too little coverage to read Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: about as warm as its own usual or less Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or less Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Venezuela: warmth about its own usual UK: warmth about its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Ireland: warmth about its own usual Indonesia: warmth about its own usual Fiji: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Islamabad, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 19 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outlets Maiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 76 outlets Donbas, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 26 outlets Sanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 22 outlets Accra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outlets Mogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 31 outlets London, UK -- health: 74 stories, carried by 72 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.