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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

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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.

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNorth 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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 lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualRhode Island, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsPiedmont, US -- rights & justice: 187 stories, carried by 36 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsYeovil, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBarranquilla, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 41 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- displacement: 54 stories, carried by 93 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rhode Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Piedmont US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 187 stories ● Badme Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Yeovil UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Barranquilla Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.