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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 →
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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.

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIran: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualKhujand, Tajikistan -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 14 outletsBurbank, US -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 11 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 43 outletsCrawford County, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 25 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 20 outletsMuhammad Abd, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Khujand Tajikistan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Burbank US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 66 stories ● Crawford County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

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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