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The day's news pointed at illness in Dhaka, violence in Istanbul and people killed in France. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.
Health
310 of its 667 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 202 of Bangladesh's 310 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (160 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
71 of its 160 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Istanbul accounted for 43 of Türkiye's 71 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
179 of its 651 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
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Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 102 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. 66 of Tehran's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
72 of its 210 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Health
57 of its 321 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
Disasters & accidents
35 of its 87 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
road crashes in Nigeria (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in US (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
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Of the day's 66,274 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 30 December 2024, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 66,274 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Bangladesh: 310 of its 667 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Türkiye: 71 of its 160 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. France: 179 of its 651 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Canada: Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Mentions of road crashes ran about 8 times their usual in Nigeria's news. Mentions of house fires ran about 4 times their usual in Ireland's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 30 December 2024, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: too little coverage to read 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: too little coverage to read Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read South Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: too little coverage to read Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: too little coverage to read 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 Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: 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 Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: too little coverage to read Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: too little coverage to read 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 Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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 Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: 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 East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Syria: warmth about its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Israel: warmth about its own usual Bagudo, Nigeria -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 11 outlets Latakia, Syria -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 35 outlets Indiana, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outlets New Orleans, US -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 144 outlets Somaliland, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 28 outlets Sanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 144 outlets Manchester, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outlets Ibadan, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.