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The day's news pointed at protests in Rukla (Lithuania), violence in Sarajevo and a disaster in Tirana. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLithuania 85 in 100 of its 297 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Protests & strikes

Lithuania

251 of its 297 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Rukla accounted for 143 of Lithuania's 251 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 140 of Rukla's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (249 stories).

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Rukla stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

130 of its 137 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sarajevo accounted for 127 of Bosnia's 130 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

111 of its 186 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tirana accounted for 88 of Albania's 111 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Health

Vietnam

506 of its 1,333 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (174 stories). Heavy rain was named in 143 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Norway

125 of its 343 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (103 stories). Landslides were named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

765 of its 1,003 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kunduz accounted for 375 of Afghanistan's 765 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

257 of its 349 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Manama accounted for 225 of Bahrain's 257 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. 202 of Manama's 225 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Finland

145 of its 309 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

39 of its 112 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 4 of Zagreb's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Canada

1,641 of its 6,815 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,054 stories). Avalanche was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Norway (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Austria (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Jamaica (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 48,704 stories about harm among 250,075 counted on 11 Nov.

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In Lithuania, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 250,075 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Norway's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia95 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Lithuania85 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,032 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1033 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3080 San Francisco US358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 673 Portland US327 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Chicago US320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Manama Bahrain202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBaton Rouge, US -- disasters & accidents: 49 stories, carried by 39 outletsSwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsCloudy Bay, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsShiawassee County, US -- disasters & accidents: 45 stories, carried by 43 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- conflict & violence: 224 stories, carried by 202 outletsVilnius, Lithuania -- displacement: 107 stories, carried by 89 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Baton Rouge US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 49 stories ● Swat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Cloudy Bay New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Shiawassee County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 45 stories ● Pathankot India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,357 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence21% 9,932 stories · about as usual Health18% 8,786 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,808 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,164 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,641 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,240 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 869 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 killed13,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,444 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions502 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations335 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced294 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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