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48,597 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Skopje, people displaced in Amman and rights and justice in Ramallah drew the news. North Macedonia's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 58 in 100 of its 110 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 20 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

North Macedonia

64 of its 110 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Skopje accounted for 58 of North Macedonia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Displacement

Jordan

138 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Amman accounted for 123 of Jordan's 138 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (85 stories).

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

Belgium

121 of its 606 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Angola

66 of its 135 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cabinda accounted for 59 of Angola's 66 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets.

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Disasters & accidents

Dominica

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Gambia

66 of its 163 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Puerto Rico

26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue.

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Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

14 of its 29 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Greenland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Egypt (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 16 the day before
23 in 10016 in 10012 Oct19 Oct26 Oct2 Nov10 Nov12 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 21 in 10014 Oct: 20 in 10015 Oct: 23 in 10016 Oct: 22 in 10017 Oct: 21 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 19 in 10021 Oct: 20 in 10022 Oct: 22 in 10023 Oct: 21 in 10024 Oct: 21 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 19 in 10028 Oct: 20 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 19 in 1001 Nov: 20 in 1002 Nov: 19 in 1003 Nov: 18 in 1004 Nov: 20 in 1005 Nov: 22 in 1006 Nov: 22 in 1007 Nov: 19 in 1008 Nov: 17 in 1009 Nov: 16 in 10010 Nov: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 48,597 stories about harm among 273,130 counted on 10 Nov.

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North Macedonia's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. In Greenland's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 273,130 stories, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 1,099 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan70 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Iraq67 in 100 of its 1,065 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti63 in 100 of its 311 stories · usually 71 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1537 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3803 Chicago US794 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1061 Oakland US668 stories about protests or strikes, of its 842 Trump Tower US379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 738 Los Angeles US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1011

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'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 readEast 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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. 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as angry as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 842 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as fearful as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 291 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 18,251 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 9,157 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,934 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,058 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,271 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,811 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,219 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 879 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 killed11,069 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests7,223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,794 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,804 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees815 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations583 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions482 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting people displaced363 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about two-thirds of 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 two-thirds of 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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