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42,385 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Riyadh, protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and people displaced in Skopje. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 80 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 33 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

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

1,153 of its 1,732 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Riyadh accounted for 715 of Saudi Arabia's 1,153 stories about harm, carried by 689 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (682 stories). Heavy rain was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Protests & strikes

Tanzania

165 of its 258 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 129 of Tanzania's 165 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. 94 of Dar es Salaam's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Ebola was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Displacement

North Macedonia

56 of its 108 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Skopje accounted for 54 of North Macedonia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Malawi

47 of its 158 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 13 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 three times its own usual.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Cambodia

198 of its 249 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 177 of Cambodia's 198 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

99 of its 193 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 3 of Manama's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

83 of its 91 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khujand accounted for 79 of Tajikistan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. 79 of Khujand's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

192 of its 464 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

71 of its 138 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Health

Côte d’Ivoire

17 of its 24 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Bahrain (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Greenland (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Côte d’Ivoire (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Kuwait (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in United Arab Emirates (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 42,385 stories about harm among 209,873 counted on 15 Nov.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Bahrain's news. of the day's 209,873 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Saudi Arabia stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. A year earlier, on 15 November 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan91 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Congo85 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Cambodia80 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Yemen79 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2219 Atlanta US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Kremlin Russia138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Ramallah Palestine135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Jerusalem Israel117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 704

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPapua New Guinea: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 lessMadagascar: 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 lessLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 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 lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 lessChad: 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 lessMyanmar: 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 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: 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 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 lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualLake Macquarie, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 34 outletsKhujand, Tajikistan -- rights & justice: 79 stories, carried by 12 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsNashville, US -- disasters & accidents: 302 stories, carried by 315 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsIllinois River, US -- shelter & services: 30 stories, carried by 24 outletsKivu, Uganda -- health: 37 stories, carried by 22 outletsGuadalajara, Mexico -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 30 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo 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 ● Malawi warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Macquarie Australia about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories ● Khujand Tajikistan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 79 stories ● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Nashville US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 302 stories ● Lashkar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,347 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 8,723 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health19% 8,060 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 6,138 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,076 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,026 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,561 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 838 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 killed13,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,939 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests5,420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,708 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations951 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced639 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions304 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill50 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 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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