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The news turned to protests in Quito (Ecuador), violence in Ankara and drownings in Thailand. Thailand's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEcuador 64 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 30
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

77 of its 121 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Quito accounted for 64 of Ecuador's 77 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 63 of Quito's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

419 of its 923 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ankara accounted for 192 of Türkiye's 419 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

114 of its 337 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kiribati

18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Bangladesh

123 of its 263 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 51 of Bangladesh's 123 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 35 of Dhaka's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 105 of Iraq's 142 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 92 of Baghdad's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

26 of Mong Kok's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

154 of its 833 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (63 stories).

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Health

Sweden

100 of its 405 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 37 of Kashmir's 66 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Syria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in India (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in US (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,538 stories about harm among 119,256 counted on 8 Oct.

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Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Kiribati's news. of the day's 119,256 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Ecuador for the second day running. Ecuador's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. A year earlier, on 8 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador64 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 552 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq55 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas51 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 633 London UK141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Baghdad Iraq92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Beijing China66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Quito Ecuador63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 lessTunisia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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 readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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: 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: 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 readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 50 stories, carried by 355 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsRaleigh, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsEuphrates, Syria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsGwent, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsMuzaffarpur, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 50 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Raleigh US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Euphrates Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,898 stories · about as usual Health27% 5,526 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,033 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,731 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,196 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 774 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 506 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 450 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 killed4,920 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests2,735 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,027 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees429 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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