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15,192 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Aleppo and rights and justice in Caracas. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIran 65 in 100 of its 366 stories, usually 51
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

239 of its 366 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 153 of Iran's 239 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. 141 of Tehran's 153 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

116 of its 168 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Aleppo accounted for 93 of Syria's 116 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

Caracas accounted for 214 of Venezuela's 419 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greenland

66 of its 381 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Kashmir

44 of its 118 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

73 of its 116 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Heatwave was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Shelter & services

Romania

28 of its 125 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

8 of Kampala's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Shelter & services

Ukraine

Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Romania (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (73 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (168 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,192 stories about harm among 84,533 counted on 8 Jan.

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For the ninth day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 84,533 stories, as usual. Mentions of power cuts ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. On 8 January 2025, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Iran stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Palestine63 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Israel47 in 100 of its 452 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia39 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minneapolis US252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Washington US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 673 Tehran Iran141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Delhi India66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Minnesota US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualColombo, Sri Lanka -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsVirginia Beach, US -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 97 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsVirginia, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsIlam, Iran -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 18 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

● Colombo Sri Lanka about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Virginia Beach US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,059 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice25% 3,674 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,410 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 1,706 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 704 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 656 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 439 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 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 killed3,759 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,890 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured871 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting abductions234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting evacuations116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced115 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about the usual rate

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 softer than 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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