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The day's news pointed at evacuations in Congo, violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Philippine. Afghanistan's coverage was about three 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 · more than usual Country that rose mostMayotte 100 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Health

Congo

118 of its 137 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

542 of its 663 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 400 of Afghanistan's 542 stories about harm, carried by 457 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

383 of its 955 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Philippine accounted for 240 of the Philippines' 383 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

93 of Gaza's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (61 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Sudan

271 of its 299 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. al Khums accounted for 65 of Libya's 83 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Displacement

Uganda

148 of its 253 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kampala accounted for 86 of Uganda's 148 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

115 of its 382 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Hungary

58 of its 376 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 186 of Yemen's 394 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Mayotte (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Venezuela (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (25 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hepatitis in United Arab Emirates (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in France (17 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 29 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 37,974 stories about harm among 204,941 counted on 29 Nov.

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Mayotte's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. Congo's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%. On 29 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 204,941 stories, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mayotte100 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan91 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Congo86 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 663 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 533 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Charlottesville US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 El Paso US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Riverchase US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Gaza Palestine93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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 lessEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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 lessChad: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLoliondo, Tanzania -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsGreenwich, US -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTable Rock Lake, US -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 36 outletsMadiba, South Africa -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsCanberra, Australia -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 30 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 35 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 64 stories, carried by 65 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- health: 43 stories, carried by 67 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Loliondo Tanzania about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Greenwich US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories ● Table Rock Lake US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 26 stories ● Madiba South Africa about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,150 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health24% 9,124 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents17% 6,223 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,590 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,821 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,404 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,051 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 973 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 killed10,825 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests4,851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,149 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions374 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations367 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill172 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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