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42,438 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Jerusalem, violence in Baghdad and protests in Harmanli (Bulgaria). Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 69 in 100 of its 301 stories, usually 11
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Israel

968 of its 1,534 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 739 of Israel's 968 stories about harm, carried by 524 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (297 stories). Drought was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

929 of its 1,128 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Baghdad accounted for 558 of Iraq's 929 stories about harm, carried by 479 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (522 stories). Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

207 of its 301 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Harmanli accounted for 145 of Bulgaria's 207 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. 133 of Harmanli's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (162 stories).

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Harmanli stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

282 of its 2,063 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Dengue was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

566 of its 614 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bluefields accounted for 373 of Nicaragua's 566 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (365 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

783 of its 1,092 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (644 stories). Train derailment was named in 452 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

491 of its 1,097 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

463 of its 743 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 141 of Dhaka's 244 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (193 stories). Hunger was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

1,363 of its 3,103 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (422 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

366 of its 609 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bogota accounted for 268 of Colombia's 366 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in El Salvador (106 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Iran (452 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Costa Rica (58 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Afghanistan (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Taiwan (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
24 in 10016 in 10027 Oct3 Nov10 Nov17 Nov25 Nov27 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 10025 Nov: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 42,438 stories about harm among 205,009 counted on 25 Nov.

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Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. of the day's 205,009 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. el Salvador's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. Israel's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 614 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador84 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq82 in 100 of its 1,128 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 482 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iran72 in 100 of its 1,092 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bismarck US383 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Washington US374 stories about protests or strikes, of its 996 Aleppo Syria207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 London UK174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 752 Missouri River US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
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 readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBelgium: 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'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'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: 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'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 366 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 245 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 783 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 929 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 384 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,839 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 8,079 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,008 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health16% 6,763 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,935 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,477 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,475 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 855 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 killed14,804 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests6,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,415 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people injured4,561 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees1,578 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Greece Stories reporting abductions958 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations872 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nicaragua and Israel Stories reporting people displaced471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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