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The news turned to violence in Bambari, house fires in Slovakia and protests in Brussels (Belgium). Slovakia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 83 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 17
RegionNorth America 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

115 of its 119 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Bambari accounted for 67 of the Central African Republic's 115 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (100 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Central African Republic over 30 days → its stories → Bambari stories →
Disasters & accidents

Slovakia

109 of its 132 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Richnava accounted for 107 of Slovakia's 109 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. House fires were named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Richnava stories →
Protests & strikes

Belgium

195 of its 420 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Brussels accounted for 178 of Belgium's 195 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 120 of Brussels' 178 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories).

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

205 of its 444 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 175 of Egypt's 205 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

74 of its 83 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Srebrenica accounted for 70 of Bosnia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

189 of its 210 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sudd accounted for 97 of South Sudan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 23 of Hanuabada's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

277 of its 339 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Polio was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

436 of its 1,410 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (177 stories). Avalanche was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

56 of its 139 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 25 of Tegucigalpa's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in Italy (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Venezuela (23 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 30 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 37,312 stories about harm among 196,865 counted on 30 Nov.

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Mentions of house fires ran more than ten times their usual in Slovakia's news. of the day's 196,865 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Central African Republic stood out: 97% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 79%. On 30 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic97 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Congo95 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 66 · mostly health South Sudan90 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia89 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan86 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 468 Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1310 Buenos Aires Argentina152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Atlanta US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Tokyo Japan132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369

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: 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 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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 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 lessQatar: 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 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 readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 lessLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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 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 lessSt 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readChina: 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelize: 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 usualMandalay, Myanmar -- health: 16 stories, carried by 39 outletsPiedmont, Ireland -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsCao Bang, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsBurlington, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsBahia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 22 outletsMorrisville, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 41 outletsJaipur, India -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 13 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

● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mandalay Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Piedmont Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Cao Bang Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Burlington US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Bahia Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,954 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health22% 8,152 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,246 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,289 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,915 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,283 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 861 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 769 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 killed10,450 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting arrests5,365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations763 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees538 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting people displaced368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions327 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting people falling ill200 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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.

● Angera little less than 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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