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Violence in el Fasher, arrests in the UK and protests in Seoul (South Korea) drew the news. Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.
Conflict & violence
112 of its 121 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. el Fasher accounted for 39 of Sudan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
1,698 of its 6,761 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (627 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Protests & strikes
80 of its 429 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 43 of Seoul's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
20 of its 59 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (13 stories).
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Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 162 of Iran's 278 stories about harm, carried by 516 outlets. 89 of Tehran's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Rights & justice
10 of its 33 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Conflict & violence
87 of its 292 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Rights & justice
11 of its 27 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Protests & strikes
9 of Buenos Aires' 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
gas explosion in Pakistan (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in US (237 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in India (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
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In Pakistan's news, mentions of gas explosion ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,197 stories, as usual. Sudan's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 64%. On 19 February 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 86,197 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Sudan: 112 of its 121 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. UK: 1,698 of its 6,761 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. South Korea: 80 of its 429 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Chile: 20 of its 59 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mentions of gas explosion ran more than ten times their usual in Pakistan's news. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual in the Philippines' news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. A year earlier, on 19 February 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Turkey: 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: too little coverage to read Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Mexico: too little coverage to read Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: too little coverage to read 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 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: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read Jordan: too little coverage to read Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: 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: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Jammu & Kashmir: 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 Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to read Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Nepal: warmth about its own usual Libya: warmth about its own usual Japan: warmth about its own usual Israel: warmth about its own usual Raleigh, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 66 outlets Tokyo, Japan -- health: 52 stories, carried by 33 outlets Munich, Germany -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 24 outlets Visakhapatnam, India -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outlets Milan, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 19 outlets English Channel, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outlets Colorado, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 58 outlets Berlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 23 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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