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23,807 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Hodeida, rights and justice in Bratislava and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Slovakia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 83 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

298 of its 355 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Hodeida accounted for 179 of Yemen's 298 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Diphtheria was named in 149 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.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Hodeida stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

73 of its 88 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bratislava accounted for 73 of Slovakia's 73 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

557 of its 1,430 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 170 of Islamabad's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
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Conflict & violence

Egypt

449 of its 645 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Minya accounted for 380 of Egypt's 449 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (375 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

223 of its 273 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Measles was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

192 of its 302 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Snowstorms were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

357 of its 1,244 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 75 of Lagos' 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (220 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

594 of its 1,270 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (287 stories). Heatstroke was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Panama (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Italy (54 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Antarctica (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Iraq (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
24 in 10018 in 1005 Oct12 Oct19 Oct26 Oct3 Nov5 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 1009 Oct: 21 in 10010 Oct: 21 in 10011 Oct: 22 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 23 in 10014 Oct: 24 in 10015 Oct: 20 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 19 in 10019 Oct: 18 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 21 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 19 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 23 in 10028 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 20 in 1001 Nov: 20 in 1002 Nov: 19 in 1003 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 23,807 stories about harm among 116,753 counted on 3 Nov.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 116,753 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 November 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Slovakia83 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Syria82 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia71 in 100 of its 639 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt70 in 100 of its 645 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 971 Minya Egypt178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Islamabad Pakistan170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Toronto Canada119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Tehran Iran89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times 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 fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 449 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 8 stories about harm ● Belgium few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 222 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,931 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 5,538 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,758 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,527 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,697 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 898 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 585 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 493 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 killed9,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,259 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests3,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees392 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the UK and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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