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Protests in Baghdad (Iraq), drownings in Thailand and violence in Ankara drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 47 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

269 of its 335 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Baghdad accounted for 229 of Iraq's 269 stories about harm, carried by 534 outlets. 220 of Baghdad's 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

90 of its 191 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

107 of its 226 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Ankara accounted for 68 of Türkiye's 107 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Rights & justice

Kashmir

120 of its 231 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 120 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Ecuador

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 19 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 13 of Quito's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

23 of its 34 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

India

920 of its 3,330 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 107 of Mumbai's 163 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Causeway Bay accounted for 89 of Hong Kong's 147 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. 89 of Causeway Bay's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Austria

16 of its 53 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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

Pakistan

Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in UK (57 of its stories, about three 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 6 Oct. 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 10,840 stories about harm among 57,257 counted on 6 Oct.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Iraq. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 57,257 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Portugal's news. On 6 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. Iraq stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%. This week the news turned most often to Iraq, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq80 in 100 of its 335 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir52 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong48 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Mumbai India107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Causeway Bay Hong Kong89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Beijing China46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 lessGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTunisia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualSacramento, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 110 outletsYaounde, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 21 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 51 stories, carried by 219 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 61 outletsCalifornia, US -- food & livelihood: 20 stories, carried by 43 outletsAmman, Jordan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- food & livelihood: 32 stories, carried by 50 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Sacramento US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Yaounde Cameroon about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 51 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,144 stories · about as usual Health23% 2,419 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,713 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 1,640 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 812 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 436 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 261 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 240 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 killed3,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured993 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions151 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced94 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations71 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.