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53,312 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Illness in Vilnius, protests in Monte Cristo (Brazil) and violence in Niamey drew the news. Lithuania's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLithuania 78 in 100 of its 256 stories, usually 9
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Lithuania

200 of its 256 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Vilnius accounted for 189 of Lithuania's 200 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

361 of its 852 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 70 of Monte Cristo's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Monte Cristo stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

246 of its 259 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Niamey accounted for 224 of Niger's 246 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

2,868 of its 3,766 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 1,432 of Iraq's 2,868 stories about harm, carried by 880 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (547 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Jordan

98 of its 302 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 39 of Amman's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

252 of its 455 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

190 of its 490 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Typhoon was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and tropical storm.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

77 of its 165 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

185 of its 248 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 108 of Oromo's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (117 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Poland (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Morocco (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Ghana (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 53,312 stories about harm among 252,371 counted on 17 Oct.

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Lithuania's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 9%. of the day's 252,371 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about 6 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger95 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mauritania93 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Congo82 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Montenegro81 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Lithuania78 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 9 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria538 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1148 Morton County US288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Washington US276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1170 Northern Ireland UK121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Beijing China109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433

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'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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: 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'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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 readEcuador: 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 readCzech 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice 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 a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNauru: 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 1,188 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Lithuania about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 74 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 13,709 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 13,628 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,076 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,536 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,264 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,581 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,354 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,257 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 killed16,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,740 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,464 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced1,084 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions976 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Brazil Stories reporting evacuations518 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark Stories reporting people falling ill86 at about half the usual rate · most about Haiti and Ghana

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 about as 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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