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48,084 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Hamam al-Alil, rights and justice in Wan Chai and protests in Musudan (North Korea). Hong Kong's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostLaos 72 in 100 of its 350 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,071 of its 1,317 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Hamam al-Alil accounted for 650 of Iraq's 1,071 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (226 stories). Cholera was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Hamam al-Alil stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

337 of its 653 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Wan Chai accounted for 234 of Hong Kong's 337 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 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.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Wan Chai stories →
Protests & strikes

North Korea

31 of its 116 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Musudan's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Musudan stories →
Food & livelihood

Laos

252 of its 350 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pak Beng accounted for 249 of Laos' 252 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (120 stories).

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Pak Beng stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Niger

90 of its 98 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Banibangou accounted for 51 of Niger's 90 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

98 of its 112 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Srebrenica accounted for 97 of Bosnia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

El Salvador

53 of its 60 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

205 of its 303 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tirana accounted for 196 of Albania's 205 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Congo

264 of its 297 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

173 of its 248 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Bolivia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Bangladesh (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Canada (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 48,084 stories about harm among 276,412 counted on 8 Nov.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed in all 313 days held. the news turned to Iraq for the second day running. Mentions of the cholera ran about 7 times their usual in Yemen's news. of the day's 276,412 news stories, 17 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 →

Niger92 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo89 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador88 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Bosnia88 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 1,317 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1514 Seoul South Korea232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Delhi India163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 630 Tel Aviv Israel149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Philippine Philippines133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sMorocco: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBrazil: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAksai Chin: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: 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 fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sAlbania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Congo about twice as warm as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 519 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 16,275 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence19% 8,713 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 8,683 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,760 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,842 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,724 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,601 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,325 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 killed12,109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting arrests6,475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,561 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,117 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting refugees1,010 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting abductions703 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced322 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations299 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Albania and the US Stories reporting people falling ill70 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 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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