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23,538 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Baghdad (Iraq), deaths in Mopti and violence in Damascus. Mali's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 62 in 100 of its 308 stories, usually 28
RegionNorth America 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

215 of its 284 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 156 of Iraq's 215 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 106 of Baghdad's 156 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mali

54 of its 63 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mopti accounted for 44 of Mali's 54 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

499 of its 612 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Damascus accounted for 284 of Syria's 499 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Dust storm was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

126 of its 215 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bucharest accounted for 105 of Romania's 126 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Earthquake was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Greece

192 of its 308 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 83 of Greek Macedonia's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bosnia

39 of its 42 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Maljevac accounted for 37 of Bosnia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 37 of Maljevac's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

270 of its 660 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (194 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

51 of its 122 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

130 of its 236 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Prague accounted for 126 of the Czechia's 130 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Guyana (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Congo (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 23,538 stories about harm among 100,928 counted on 28 Oct.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 100,928 stories, above the usual 21. Iraq's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. This week the news turned most often to Saudi Arabia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali86 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 42 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria82 in 100 of its 612 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq76 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Greece62 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1284 Tapanatepec Mexico134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Baghdad Iraq106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 Ramallah Palestine93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Squirrel Hill US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1304

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessCambodia: 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 lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualMopti, Mali -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 44 stories, carried by 42 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 127 outletsYaounde, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 19 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsRichmond, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 46 stories, carried by 130 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- rights & justice: 186 stories, carried by 223 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

● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 44 stories ● Perth Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Yaounde Cameroon about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Hawaii US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 7,763 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice26% 5,983 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health16% 3,649 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,687 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,959 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement2% 486 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 452 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 307 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 killed10,585 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured4,762 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests2,617 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees475 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting abductions136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations104 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill61 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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