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45,157 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Bujumbura (Burundi), people displaced in Germany and arrests in Colombia drew the news. Germany's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVatican City 75 in 100 of its 207 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

167 of its 189 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Bujumbura accounted for 76 of Burundi's 167 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 59 of Bujumbura's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Germany

678 of its 2,551 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Tornadoes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

200 of its 318 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (96 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

218 of its 431 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Greece

183 of its 631 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 84 of Athens' 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

374 of its 594 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 92 of Qaim's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Power cuts were named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mozambique

26 of its 66 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 3 of Mabunda's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

677 of its 1,436 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 377 of Madrid's 439 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (530 stories).

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

1,102 of its 1,924 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Riyadh accounted for 822 of Saudi Arabia's 1,102 stories about harm, carried by 465 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

179 of its 382 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (249 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Uganda (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mozambique (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Iraq (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10011 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov9 Nov11 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 22 in 10013 Oct: 22 in 10014 Oct: 26 in 10015 Oct: 25 in 10016 Oct: 24 in 10017 Oct: 23 in 10018 Oct: 22 in 10019 Oct: 22 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 27 in 10022 Oct: 25 in 10023 Oct: 22 in 10024 Oct: 21 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 21 in 10027 Oct: 21 in 10028 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 24 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 21 in 1001 Nov: 24 in 1002 Nov: 22 in 1003 Nov: 21 in 1004 Nov: 24 in 1005 Nov: 25 in 1006 Nov: 24 in 1007 Nov: 22 in 1008 Nov: 19 in 1009 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 45,157 stories about harm among 228,280 counted on 9 Nov.

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In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. On 9 November 2016, a year earlier, the share was 16 in every 100, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 228,280 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Burundi, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi88 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Niger78 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Vatican City75 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 12 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Libya74 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Madrid Spain377 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1274 Ashland US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Salamanca Spain93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Qaim Iraq92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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'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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice 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'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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 angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Germany about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 678 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as angry as the world's · 218 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 553 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 502 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,201 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence22% 9,830 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,844 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 5,920 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,766 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,608 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,123 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 940 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 killed14,301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,664 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees757 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced365 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations228 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Russia 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 much softer 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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