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37,573 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at drownings in Honduras, people displaced in Larnaca and protests in Lahore (Pakistan). Honduras' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 69 in 100 of its 676 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

133 of its 145 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 87 of Honduras' 133 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drownings were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Displacement

Cyprus

58 of its 102 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Larnaca accounted for 56 of Cyprus' 58 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Larnaca stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

587 of its 1,589 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 134 of Lahore's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (276 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Lahore stories →
Rights & justice

Bulgaria

466 of its 676 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Haiti

443 of its 466 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-de-Paix accounted for 333 of Haiti's 443 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Iraq

402 of its 513 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Baghdad accounted for 239 of Iraq's 402 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

605 of its 1,207 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Incheon accounted for 552 of South Korea's 605 stories about harm, carried by 778 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

52 of its 59 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

135 of its 412 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 104 of Warsaw's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

87 of its 222 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Typhoon was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Oman (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in France (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Jamaica (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Netherlands (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malaysia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
27 in 10017 in 1009 Sep16 Sep23 Sep30 Sep8 Oct9 Sep: 22 in 10010 Sep: 22 in 10011 Sep: 23 in 10012 Sep: 23 in 10013 Sep: 22 in 10014 Sep: 24 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 26 in 10017 Sep: 21 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 20 in 10020 Sep: 20 in 10021 Sep: 20 in 10022 Sep: 23 in 10023 Sep: 22 in 10024 Sep: 20 in 10025 Sep: 19 in 10026 Sep: 18 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 19 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 19 in 1002 Oct: 19 in 1003 Oct: 19 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 37,573 stories about harm among 176,346 counted on 8 Oct.

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In Oman's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 176,346 stories, as usual. Honduras' news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 8 October 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti95 in 100 of its 466 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Honduras92 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador88 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq78 in 100 of its 513 stories · usually 54 · mostly displacement Yemen76 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US688 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1324 Riyadh Saudi Arabia253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Lahore Pakistan134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Istanbul Türkiye131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Beijing China122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'sUnited States: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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'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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Yemen about 4 times as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Haiti about three times as fearful as the world's · 443 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 466 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as warm as the world's · 119 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,363 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents27% 9,957 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 6,643 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,371 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,668 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,239 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 998 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 691 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 killed11,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,646 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting arrests3,547 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,266 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting refugees933 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and Greece Stories reporting people displaced334 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations326 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Honduras Stories reporting abductions306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Spain and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill18 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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