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The day's news pointed at evacuations in Israel, protests in Khujand (Tajikistan) and rights and justice in Phnom Penh. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostCambodia 66 in 100 of its 179 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Israel

1,787 of its 2,546 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

53 of its 59 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Khujand accounted for 39 of Tajikistan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 39 of Khujand's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories → Khujand stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Greece

157 of its 471 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Yemen

192 of its 233 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Hodeida accounted for 128 of Yemen's 192 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

215 of its 368 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 182 of Lebanon's 215 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

99 of its 216 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Cyclone was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

71 of its 89 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

112 of its 325 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

212 of its 552 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 109 of Harare's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Fiji (64 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); malaria in Congo (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kuwait (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in US (3568 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 38,466 stories about harm among 203,110 counted on 13 Nov.

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People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 203,110 stories, below the usual 20. It was the second day running that the news turned to Israel. In Fiji's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 8 times their usual. On 13 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan90 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 329 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon77 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1381 Ashkelon Israel158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 756 Jerusalem Israel147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 London UK144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Harare Zimbabwe109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 readSpain: 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'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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 readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three 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'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as angry as the world's · 488 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 421 stories about harm ● Tajikistan about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,787 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 8,830 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 8,149 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Health21% 7,840 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 7,357 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,544 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,255 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,121 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 756 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 killed14,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,689 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests3,456 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced733 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations723 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Norway Stories reporting refugees511 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Italy Stories reporting abductions381 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Cameroon and the US Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ireland and the US

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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