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The news turned to deaths in Machu Picchu, protests in Tehran (Iran) and violence in Istanbul. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
75 of its 100 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Machu Picchu accounted for 65 of Peru's 75 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Accidents were named in 19 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.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 84 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 65 of Tehran's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
58 of its 145 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Istanbul accounted for 31 of Türkiye's 58 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories).
Rights & justice
Dhaka accounted for 122 of Bangladesh's 157 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
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Conflict & violence
Moscow accounted for 67 of Russia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
20 of its 38 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Conflict & violence
104 of its 287 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
15 of its 50 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Conflict & violence
36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).
Disasters & accidents
68 of its 272 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Australia (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Malaysia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (33 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
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Peru stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 31 December 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 63,288 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Peru: 75 of its 100 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Iran: Tehran accounted for 84 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Türkiye: 58 of its 145 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bangladesh: Dhaka accounted for 122 of Bangladesh's 157 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual in Australia's news. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 31 December 2024, 20 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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 Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: too little coverage to read Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: too little coverage to read Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: too little coverage to read Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 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: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: too little coverage to read Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: too little coverage to read 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: too little coverage to read Afghanistan: 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 Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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 Türkiye: warmth about its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual South Bend, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 83 outlets Ottawa, Canada -- health: 26 stories, carried by 45 outlets Arizona, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outlets Sokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 14 outlets Jammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 12 outlets Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 45 outlets Vancouver, Canada -- health: 24 stories, carried by 52 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 10 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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