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46,855 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to storms in Greece, people killed in Cambodia and violence in Skopje. Greece's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 58 in 100 of its 1,135 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

663 of its 1,135 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 586 of Greece's 663 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Storms were named in 205 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia, heavy rain and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

161 of its 264 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Food poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

428 of its 1,230 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (39 stories). Building collapse was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

310 of its 553 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

592 of its 943 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Singapore

189 of its 696 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

223 of its 486 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

598 of its 1,186 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Riyadh accounted for 502 of Saudi Arabia's 598 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Singapore (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); measles in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10017 Oct24 Oct31 Oct7 Nov15 Nov17 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 10010 Nov: 19 in 10011 Nov: 20 in 10012 Nov: 22 in 10013 Nov: 21 in 10014 Nov: 20 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 46,855 stories about harm among 231,878 counted on 15 Nov.

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In Greece's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Greece stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. A year earlier, on 15 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. of the day's 231,878 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar84 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Congo76 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice North Macedonia75 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harare Zimbabwe371 stories about protests or strikes, of its 984 Baton Rouge US370 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Washington US246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1794 Cairo Egypt129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Canberra Australia110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 readThailand: 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'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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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'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 warm as the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: 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'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Sri Lanka about three times as angry as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as fearful as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as angry as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● North Macedonia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 178 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,868 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 9,331 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 8,981 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,162 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,619 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,917 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,304 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 809 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 killed14,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions352 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced302 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations158 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen

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 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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