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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Juba (South Sudan), a disaster in Tete and people injured in Libya. Portugal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMozambique 79 in 100 of its 183 stories, usually 22
RegionNorth America 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

189 of its 222 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Juba accounted for 120 of South Sudan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 99 of Juba's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

145 of its 183 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tete accounted for 81 of Mozambique's 145 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Tete stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

161 of its 212 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Portugal

89 of its 203 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Greece

399 of its 1,010 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 215 of Athens' 259 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 704 of Syria's 964 stories about harm, carried by 519 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Hunger was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

117 of its 141 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 93 of Tunisia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

67 of its 153 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

67 of its 303 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

153 of its 312 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Italy (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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24 in 10016 in 10019 Oct26 Oct2 Nov9 Nov17 Nov19 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 10011 Nov: 19 in 10012 Nov: 22 in 10013 Nov: 24 in 10014 Nov: 20 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 10016 Nov: 20 in 10017 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 55,161 stories about harm among 281,324 counted on 17 Nov.

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In Italy's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 281,324 stories, as usual. South Sudan's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan85 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia83 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Yemen80 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique79 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria79 in 100 of its 1,218 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US580 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2962 Aleppo Syria265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 704 San Francisco US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 477 Missouri US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Athens Greece215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

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: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sLebanon: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about three 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'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Dominican Republic about three times as fearful as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Portugal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about twice as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 18,155 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 10,666 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 9,685 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,155 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,182 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,875 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,822 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,577 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 killed14,137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions462 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations406 at about half the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia

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 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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