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30,986 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Moscow (Russia), rights and justice in Copenhagen and violence in Sirte. Denmark's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMarshall Islands 97 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Russia

627 of its 1,419 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Moscow accounted for 495 of Russia's 627 stories about harm, carried by 470 outlets. 415 of Moscow's 495 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (419 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

261 of its 530 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Copenhagen accounted for 254 of Denmark's 261 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

165 of its 195 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sirte accounted for 96 of Libya's 165 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Displacement

Germany

284 of its 747 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (148 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drought and tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

296 of its 355 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mandalay accounted for 238 of Myanmar's 296 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

UK

1,573 of its 5,618 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (483 stories). Road crashes were named in 233 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

155 of its 321 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

254 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Marshall Islands

96 of its 99 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Majuro accounted for 90 of the Marshall Islands' 96 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Norway (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Spain (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Costa Rica (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 23 the day before
33 in 10020 in 1008 Sep15 Sep22 Sep29 Sep7 Oct8 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 24 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 23 in 10019 Sep: 23 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 23 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 24 in 10024 Sep: 24 in 10025 Sep: 20 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 10028 Sep: 22 in 10029 Sep: 23 in 10030 Sep: 23 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 1004 Oct: 24 in 1005 Oct: 23 in 1006 Oct: 23 in 1007 Oct: 27 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Oct. 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 30,986 stories about harm among 115,547 counted on 7 Oct.

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In Russia, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 October 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. 27 in every 100 of the day's 115,547 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 24.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Marshall Islands97 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Libya85 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar83 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 636 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Niger69 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 495 Madrid Spain288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 London UK216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1064 Washington US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1356 Grand Rapids US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readNorfolk 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 angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm ● Madagascar few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 528 stories about harm ● Mozambique few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Myanmar about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 296 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 8,209 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice24% 7,454 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 6,570 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health15% 4,561 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,761 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 922 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 347 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 killed10,857 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,603 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests3,531 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,515 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting refugees417 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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
● 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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