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55,424 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Train derailment in South Sudan, violence in Almaty and deaths in Tahoua drew the news. Kazakhstan's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 62 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Rights & justice

South Sudan

268 of its 384 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 213 of South Sudan's 268 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Train derailment was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

121 of its 196 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Almaty accounted for 114 of Kazakhstan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Niger

145 of its 152 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Tahoua accounted for 111 of Niger's 145 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tahoua stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

213 of its 428 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 143 of Caracas' 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Train derailment was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
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Protests & strikes

Latvia

18 of its 59 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 14 of Riga's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

667 of its 1,080 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (322 stories). Heavy rain was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storms.

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Shelter & services

Paraguay

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zambia

47 of its 102 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Road crashes were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

84 of its 201 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

308 of its 933 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (69 stories). Chikungunya was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in China (293 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); road crashes in Zambia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Romania (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Latvia (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Myanmar (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Nov. 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 55,424 stories about harm among 289,093 counted on 2 Nov.

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Of the day's 289,093 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger95 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 75 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Central African Republic80 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Iraq76 in 100 of its 1,759 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia72 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 1,213 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Morton County US425 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Washington US360 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2314 Seoul South Korea318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Delhi India299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 Islamabad Pakistan255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGhana: 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: 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'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'sEgypt: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than 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 twice as fearful as 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSan Marino: coverage a little warmer 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

● Kazakhstan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 250 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as fearful as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as angry as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Guyana few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 866 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,023 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence20% 10,812 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 10,522 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,235 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,352 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,923 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,655 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,560 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 killed17,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced594 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and the US Stories reporting abductions452 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations314 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Italy and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill34 at less than a quarter of 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 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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