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39,436 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and people displaced in Skopje and Israel. North Macedonia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 76 in 100 of its 319 stories, usually 21
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,386 of its 2,312 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Romania

105 of its 279 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 45 of Braila's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

42 of its 50 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Khujand accounted for 34 of Tajikistan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 34 of Khujand's 34 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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Rights & justice

Fiji

233 of its 417 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Cyclone was named in 75 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.

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Displacement

Guyana

82 of its 132 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kaituma accounted for 62 of Guyana's 82 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

382 of its 711 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 46 of Dhaka's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (245 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

124 of its 185 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (34 stories). 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: cyclone in Fiji (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Angola (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (80 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Egypt (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Peru (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 39,436 stories about harm among 207,449 counted on 14 Nov.

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Papua New Guinea stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 207,449 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. On 14 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan84 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia77 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Papua New Guinea76 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Cameroon72 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Yemen68 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Atlanta US385 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Jerusalem Israel286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 653 Washington US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1863 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Ashkelon Israel190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: 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'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'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 readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer 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'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Angola few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 166 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,581 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 7,874 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health19% 7,512 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 6,038 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,276 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,054 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 1,251 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,141 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 killed12,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,575 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations860 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Guyana Stories reporting refugees789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced692 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions263 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Cameroon Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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