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33,747 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Baghdad, arrests in Poland and protests in Bangkok (Thailand). Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCameroon 88 in 100 of its 512 stories, usually 53
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

364 of its 468 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 153 of Iraq's 364 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (297 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

202 of its 628 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

126 of its 388 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 50 of Bangkok's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Measles was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and landslides.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Czechia

84 of its 181 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Prague accounted for 77 of the Czechia's 84 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (74 stories). Tsunami was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

102 of its 250 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 54 of Kiev's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

241 of its 293 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Hodeida accounted for 172 of Yemen's 241 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

450 of its 512 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Bamenda accounted for 189 of Cameroon's 450 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (397 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

103 of its 163 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

678 of its 1,919 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (295 stories). Building collapse was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

333 of its 1,098 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (247 stories). Storms were named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Puerto Rico (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Burkina Faso (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kuwait (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sri Lanka (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Spain (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 18 the day before
24 in 10018 in 1008 Oct15 Oct22 Oct29 Oct6 Nov8 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 1004 Nov: 21 in 1005 Nov: 18 in 1006 Nov: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 33,747 stories about harm among 192,191 counted on 6 Nov.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 27 September 2018. of the day's 192,191 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. the Czechia's news mentioned the tsunami more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cameroon88 in 100 of its 512 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan73 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Libya72 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US359 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1603 Xinjiang China166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Lake Hallie US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Yaounde Cameroon146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 Bamenda Cameroon90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: 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

● Iraq about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 364 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 202 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,014 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,270 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence18% 5,929 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,724 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,849 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,818 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 809 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 706 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 killed10,939 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,260 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people injured2,076 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions707 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cameroon and the US Stories reporting refugees507 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations151 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill117 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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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