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The day's news pointed at the earthquake in Thailand, protests in Tehran (Iran) and rights and justice in Kampala. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.
Disasters & accidents
98 of its 197 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bangkok accounted for 69 of Thailand's 98 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 646 of Iran's 987 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. 579 of Tehran's 646 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
62 of its 130 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kampala accounted for 44 of Uganda's 62 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Shelter & services
44 of its 169 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents
Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 46 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Displacement
15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Rights & justice
88 of its 417 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Protests & strikes
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 6 of Tbilisi's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Conflict & violence
26 of its 68 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Protests & strikes
3 of Minsk's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
drownings in Singapore (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Russia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Israel (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); nipah virus in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 12 December 2025. 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,022 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Thailand. Thailand's news mentioned the earthquake about 5 times as often as usual. Thailand's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
18 in every 100 of the day's 86,022 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Thailand: 98 of its 197 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Iran: Tehran accounted for 646 of Iran's 987 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Uganda: 62 of its 130 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Romania: 44 of its 169 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Thailand's news. Mentions of drownings ran about 6 times their usual in Singapore's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 12 December 2025. It was the second day running that the news turned to Thailand. A year earlier, on 15 January 2025, 20 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: 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 Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to read Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: too little coverage to read Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to read Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: too little coverage to read 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 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 Crimea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Venezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Switzerland: warmth about its own usual Peru: warmth about its own usual Mexico: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Indonesia: warmth about its own usual Central African Republic: warmth about its own usual Belize: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Jammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 12 outlets Adelaide, Australia -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 97 outlets Indiana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outlets Kampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 141 outlets Jaipur, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 22 outlets Raleigh, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 19 outlets Montreal, Canada -- health: 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 much 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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