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31,116 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Bali, protests in Budapest (Hungary) and people injured in France. France's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 72 in 100 of its 503 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

248 of its 391 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bali accounted for 181 of Indonesia's 248 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (185 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

146 of its 231 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Budapest accounted for 126 of Hungary's 146 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 116 of Budapest's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Rights & justice

France

464 of its 1,247 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (153 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sweden

188 of its 326 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Stockholm accounted for 151 of Sweden's 188 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).

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

Türkiye

486 of its 659 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

168 of its 201 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 76 of Bishoftu's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,084 of its 2,133 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Landslides were named in 225 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, cyclone and storm surge.

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Protests & strikes

South Africa

331 of its 919 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 141 of Johannesburg's 186 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

187 of its 415 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kuwait City accounted for 174 of Kuwait's 187 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (173 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

63 of its 170 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Philippines (225 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Argentina (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Ghana (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Poland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 Oct. 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 31,116 stories about harm among 140,034 counted on 16 Oct.

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Indonesia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 140,034 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia84 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Niger81 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti77 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Türkiye74 in 100 of its 659 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 973 Aleppo Syria189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1004 Johannesburg South Africa141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Budapest Hungary116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Paris France115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: 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 a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Singapore about twice as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 565 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 486 stories about harm ● Thailand about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 537 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 8,288 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 7,687 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,156 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 4,467 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 917 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 827 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 614 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 killed10,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,073 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests3,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced612 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Iraq Stories reporting abductions540 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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 harsher 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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