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The news turned to protests in Nairobi (Kenya), illness in Copenhagen and arrests in Ethiopia. Denmark's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDenmark 68 in 100 of its 389 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Kenya

581 of its 1,266 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Nairobi accounted for 403 of Kenya's 581 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. 290 of Nairobi's 403 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Health

Denmark

264 of its 389 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 244 of Denmark's 264 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

129 of its 169 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

232 of its 370 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bamako accounted for 122 of Mali's 232 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bahrain

141 of its 273 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 19 of Manama's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

66 of its 86 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 3 of Mabanga's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Norway

84 of its 244 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

57 of its 182 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Storm surge was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

314 of its 1,064 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Wildfires were named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

Papua New Guinea

84 of its 154 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Manus Island accounted for 61 of Papua New Guinea's 84 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Italy (119 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Czechia (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Chad (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Syria (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 39,102 stories about harm among 189,694 counted on 30 Oct.

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Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. of the day's 189,694 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. A year earlier, on 30 October 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Kenya's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya85 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Congo77 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia76 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 694 stories · usually 70 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 562 Nairobi Kenya290 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Washington US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1834 Detroit US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 New York US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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 readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Bahrain about twice as fearful as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,592 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 8,020 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health20% 7,873 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,841 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,380 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,304 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood2% 784 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 716 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 killed11,883 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people injured2,469 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees452 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea Stories reporting abductions416 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations316 at about half the usual rate · most about Italy and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about half the usual rate · most about India 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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