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58,274 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Quetta, rights and justice in Chisinau and protests in Rubaya (Rwanda) drew the news. Moldova's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMoldova 73 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 20
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

2,863 of its 4,106 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Quetta accounted for 1,756 of Pakistan's 2,863 stories about harm, carried by 1,068 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,758 stories). Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Quetta stories →
Rights & justice

Moldova

49 of its 67 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Chisinau accounted for 43 of Moldova's 49 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Moldova over 30 days → its stories → Chisinau stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

183 of its 302 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 124 of Rubaya's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Rubaya stories →
Health

Uruguay

146 of its 219 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Montevideo accounted for 115 of Uruguay's 146 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 6 times its own usual.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories → Montevideo stories →
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Protests & strikes

Argentina

137 of its 420 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 91 of Buenos Aires' 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Central African Republic

51 of its 56 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bangui accounted for 44 of the Central African Republic's 51 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 38 of Bangui's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

631 of its 1,211 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uganda

189 of its 479 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 108 of Kampala's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (124 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malta

81 of its 227 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Plane crash was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Latvia

22 of its 69 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 9 of Riga's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Malta (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Zambia (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (66 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Ireland (66 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 58,274 stories about harm among 284,278 counted on 25 Oct.

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Malta's news mentioned plane crash about 4 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 284,278 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St. Martin99 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Central African Republic91 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 482 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti81 in 100 of its 457 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Cameroon77 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Quetta Pakistan311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1756 Morton County US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Washington US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1168 Caracas Venezuela163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Los Angeles US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: 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. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Martin: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Moldova few stories about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as angry as the world's · 2,863 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 631 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,241 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 12,757 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,049 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,002 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,436 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,565 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,855 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,049 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 killed20,889 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,928 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,836 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting refugees1,873 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and France Stories reporting abductions862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations827 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Malaysia Stories reporting people displaced680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill226 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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 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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