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23,457 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Manus Island (Papua New Guinea), helicopter crash in Jordan and violence in Manama. Bahrain's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBahrain 75 in 100 of its 292 stories, usually 29
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

71 of its 97 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Manus Island accounted for 59 of Papua New Guinea's 71 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 33 of Manus Island's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Drownings were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Manus Island stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

41 of its 148 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

144 of its 280 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Athens accounted for 112 of Greece's 144 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories).

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

Spain

361 of its 828 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 202 of Barcelona's 216 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (298 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

47 of its 83 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 25 of Bamenda's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

92 of its 179 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burundi

55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

78 of its 89 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 60 of Niger's 78 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Germany (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iran (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Vietnam (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 23,457 stories about harm among 117,092 counted on 11 Nov.

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Mentions of helicopter crash ran more than ten times their usual in Jordan's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Papua New Guinea. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 117,092 stories, below the usual 22. Papua New Guinea's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger88 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Somalia77 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain75 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Hollywood US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 679 Madrid Spain71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Alamogordo US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSalt Lake City, US -- rights & justice: 50 stories, carried by 61 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsIowa, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsBaggari, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsAung Hlaing, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 28 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 45 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 23 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 ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Salt Lake City US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 50 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Baggari Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Aung Hlaing Myanmar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 7,044 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence29% 6,595 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 4,080 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,572 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,162 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 897 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 416 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 301 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 killed7,531 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,690 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,744 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions484 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting refugees458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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