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19,250 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Stockholm, violence in Ankara and protests in Quito (Ecuador). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMali 72 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 38
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Health

Sweden

129 of its 366 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Stockholm accounted for 95 of Sweden's 129 stories about harm, carried by 322 outlets. Illness was named in 91 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

454 of its 965 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Ankara accounted for 223 of Türkiye's 454 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

28 of its 58 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Quito accounted for 21 of Ecuador's 28 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 18 of Quito's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iraq

250 of its 372 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 212 of Iraq's 250 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. 194 of Baghdad's 212 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

48 of its 67 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Austria

27 of its 118 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

India

144 of Mumbai's 215 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with chikungunya.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 80 of Afghanistan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

63 of Wan Chai's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 11 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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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in South Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Thailand (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in Bahamas (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,250 stories about harm among 108,417 counted on 7 Oct.

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Guam's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. Sweden's news was 35% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. On 7 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,417 stories, below the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali72 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq67 in 100 of its 372 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Syria60 in 100 of its 484 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal55 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 London UK188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431 Mumbai India144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 591 Beijing China76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

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: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessQatar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readTunisia: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 107 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 95 stories, carried by 322 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- rights & justice: 212 stories, carried by 435 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 35 outletsBaltimore, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 95 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 212 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,227 stories · about as usual Health27% 5,142 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence16% 3,060 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,755 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,169 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 672 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 442 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 405 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 killed4,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees369 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting abductions232 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations130 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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