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Most of the day's attention went to protests in la Ceiba (Honduras), landslides in North Korea and abductions in Libya. Honduras' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 85 in 100 of its 163 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

139 of its 163 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. la Ceiba accounted for 80 of Honduras' 139 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. 80 of la Ceiba's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → La Ceiba stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Korea

436 of its 795 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (340 stories). Landslides were named in 156 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

224 of its 282 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,173 of its 2,071 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 328 of Jerusalem's 601 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (605 stories). Drought was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belgium

464 of its 886 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Brussels accounted for 454 of Belgium's 464 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. 302 of Brussels' 454 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (332 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 387 of Syria's 565 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. 217 of Ghouta's 387 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Hunger was named in 98 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with measles and polio.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

63 of its 83 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Peru

105 of its 270 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Jordan

125 of its 410 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Hunger was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Jordan (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in New Caledonia (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Uganda (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Finland (24 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 31 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 47,631 stories about harm among 222,118 counted on 31 Oct.

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In Jordan's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Honduras stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 31 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today. of the day's 222,118 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

New Caledonia88 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Honduras85 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Libya79 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US395 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2305 Jerusalem Israel328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Brussels Belgium302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Hollywood US290 stories about protests or strikes, of its 724 Manhattan US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 967

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualWest Lothian, UK -- other: 15 stories, carried by 78 outletsGainesville, US -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 40 outletsBeverly Hills, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMarawi, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 138 stories, carried by 31 outletsYarra, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsLima, Peru -- health: 85 stories, carried by 129 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 11 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● West Lothian UK about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 15 stories ● Gainesville US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 36 stories ● Beverly Hills US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Marawi Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 138 stories ● Yarra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 13,692 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health20% 9,582 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 8,653 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 7,549 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,624 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,924 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,110 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 killed15,440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,673 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,403 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and Papua New Guinea Stories reporting abductions475 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced345 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations344 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Peru

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
● 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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