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23,600 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Luhansk, protests in Kampala (Uganda) and heavy rain in Kuwait. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Jordan → Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 64 in 100 of its 374 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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 →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

238 of its 374 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Luhansk accounted for 148 of Ukraine's 238 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (222 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Luhansk stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

142 of its 204 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kampala accounted for 102 of Uganda's 142 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 74 of Kampala's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

55 of its 124 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

France

1,687 of its 3,851 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Paris accounted for 1,499 of France's 1,687 stories about harm, carried by 1,020 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,432 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Austria

55 of its 136 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

185 of its 203 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 174 of Somalia's 185 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

715 of its 1,159 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 419 of Israel's 715 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

193 of its 707 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 30 of Khujand's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Spain (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (3214 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Austria (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Brazil (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Argentina (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 23,600 stories about harm among 102,717 counted on 11 Nov.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about 4 times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 102,717 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Jordan. Spain's news mentioned the hypothermia more than ten times as often as usual. Ukraine's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. This week the news turned most often to Uganda, 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 →

Somalia91 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 369 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda70 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Iraq64 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France702 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1499 Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667 Jerusalem Israel168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 419 Hebron Palestine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Chicago US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 readOman: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPanjgur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 102 outletsKhujand, Tajikistan -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 14 outletsBaghlan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 126 outletsTexas, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 182 stories, carried by 359 outletsMiami, US -- disasters & accidents: 107 stories, carried by 95 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 102 stories, carried by 144 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Panjgur Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 64 stories ● Khujand Tajikistan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Baghlan Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Texas US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 182 stories ● Miami US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 107 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 7,327 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents26% 6,122 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice17% 3,928 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health14% 3,233 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,152 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 794 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 416 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 337 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 killed11,952 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected3,588 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,277 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,779 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations1,198 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting people displaced421 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions344 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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