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7,542 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), volcanic eruption in Germany and people killed in Nigeria. Iran'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 abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 77 in 100 of its 201 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Iran

141 of its 218 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 141 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 91 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Germany

52 of its 170 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Berlin accounted for 34 of Germany's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

314 of its 723 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

155 of its 201 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

27 of its 55 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

81 of its 282 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Singapore

17 of its 63 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

103 of its 438 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in UK (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in India (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); overdoses in US (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jan. 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 7,542 stories about harm among 38,809 counted on 4 Jan.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 38,809 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Switzerland77 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 552 Tehran Iran91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Delhi India17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Kasuwan Daji Nigeria16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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 lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualKharkiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 174 outletsTexas, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsOttawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 25 outletsWithernsea, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 35 stories, carried by 143 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 22 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

● Kharkiv Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Texas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Withernsea UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 35 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,903 stories · about as usual Health21% 1,548 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 1,431 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 378 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 314 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 201 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 137 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 killed2,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions170 at about twice the usual rate · most about Venezuela and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Canada

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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