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27,418 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Beirut, protests in Tehran (Iran) and the typhoon in Vietnam. Senegal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSierra Leone 92 in 100 of its 214 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 49 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

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

478 of its 728 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 368 of Lebanon's 478 stories about harm, carried by 355 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

375 of its 614 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 299 of Iran's 375 stories about harm, carried by 398 outlets. 228 of Tehran's 299 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (200 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

219 of its 431 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Typhoon was named in 161 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storms and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Senegal

49 of its 89 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Ebola was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Italy

219 of its 552 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 82 of Milan's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belgium

186 of its 343 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Brussels accounted for 177 of Belgium's 186 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 98 of Brussels' 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories).

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Health

Sierra Leone

197 of its 214 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Freetown accounted for 142 of Sierra Leone's 197 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (175 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

271 of its 285 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Juba accounted for 268 of South Sudan's 271 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (257 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Spain

622 of its 1,095 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 213 of Madrid's 361 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (521 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

42 of its 63 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Samoa (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (180 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in France (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 27,418 stories about harm among 115,267 counted on 4 Nov.

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Vietnam's news mentioned the typhoon about 7 times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 115,267 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. In Lebanon, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. A year earlier, on 4 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan95 in 100 of its 285 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone92 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Yemen77 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 334 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 352 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299 Madrid Spain213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Washington US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1337 Harare Zimbabwe168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Piedmont US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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 lessNiger: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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 readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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 lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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 lessBosnia and Herzegovina: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTanzania: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMaryland, US -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsChenling, China -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 24 outletsBeverly Hills, US -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 31 outletsIlesa, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 17 stories, carried by 32 outletsNewbury, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 79 stories, carried by 78 outletsMecca, Saudi Arabia -- health: 22 stories, carried by 23 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- conflict & violence: 129 stories, carried by 52 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

● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maryland US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Chenling China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Beverly Hills US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 31 stories ● Ilesa Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 17 stories ● Newbury UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 8,783 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence25% 6,738 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health18% 4,842 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 3,609 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,484 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 689 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 488 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 419 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 killed8,896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,156 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people affected3,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,931 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions561 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees556 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and the Central African Republic Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations114 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland

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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