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44,969 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), the earthquake in Nicaragua and abductions in Congo. Congo's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Panama → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Burkina Faso and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 90 in 100 of its 545 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

145 of its 161 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ouagadougou accounted for 135 of Burkina Faso's 145 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 119 of Ouagadougou's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Dengue was named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

488 of its 545 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bluefields accounted for 291 of Nicaragua's 488 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (192 stories). Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storm surge and tsunami.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Bluefields stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Liberia

129 of its 247 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Malaria was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Colombia

508 of its 773 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bogota accounted for 414 of Colombia's 508 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 308 of Bogota's 414 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (363 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

1,496 of its 5,347 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (539 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

59 of its 114 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 17 of Bamenda's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

295 of its 430 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. the Panama Canal accounted for 279 of Panama's 295 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (271 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

156 of its 306 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 83 of Sofia's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

202 of its 291 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 191 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and hurricane.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in El Salvador (191 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Costa Rica (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Israel (371 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Peru (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
24 in 10016 in 10026 Oct2 Nov9 Nov16 Nov24 Nov26 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 10018 Nov: 20 in 10019 Nov: 22 in 10020 Nov: 22 in 10021 Nov: 21 in 10022 Nov: 22 in 10023 Nov: 20 in 10024 Nov: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 44,969 stories about harm among 217,115 counted on 24 Nov.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Panama. 21 in every 100 of the day's 217,115 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In el Salvador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Burkina Faso stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic94 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso90 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 545 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 1,511 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bogota Colombia308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Washington US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1325 Morton County US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Cairo Egypt129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Vietnam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKazakhstan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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 readCuba: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuernsey: 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

● Burkina Faso about twice as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● China about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,496 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 902 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 1,210 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,283 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 9,625 stories · about as usual Health17% 7,651 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 7,246 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,332 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement3% 1,371 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,010 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 killed15,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,465 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Panama Stories reporting refugees871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions373 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about twice the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and the US

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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