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16,363 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at road crashes in Kashmir, protests in Tehran (Iran) and people killed in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 71 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 44
RegionNorth America 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

85 of its 154 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 56 of Kashmir's 85 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 188 of Iran's 334 stories about harm, carried by 361 outlets. 172 of Tehran's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Typhoon was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

131 of its 184 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Uganda

41 of its 77 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kampala accounted for 19 of Uganda's 41 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

134 of its 410 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Landslides were named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

10 of its 27 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 3 of Tunis' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

16 of its 45 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in New Zealand (65 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in US (345 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 16,363 stories about harm among 83,148 counted on 23 Jan.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Kashmir. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,148 stories, above the usual 18. Kashmir's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 23 January 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 512 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Syria60 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda53 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 706 Minneapolis US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Tehran Iran172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Minnesota US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Chicago US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 334 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents33% 5,243 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice23% 3,754 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health21% 3,441 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence10% 1,542 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Shelter & services5% 813 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 604 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 468 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 228 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 killed3,310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,470 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured587 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations73 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees72 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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