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21,930 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Quito (Ecuador), violence in Ankara and rights and justice in Arouca. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 36 in 100 of its 1,133 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

96 of its 162 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Quito accounted for 69 of Ecuador's 96 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 66 of Quito's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Flooding was 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.

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

Türkiye

648 of its 1,155 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ankara accounted for 328 of Türkiye's 648 stories about harm, carried by 615 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Bangladesh

134 of its 289 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 32 of Dhaka's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 87 of Iraq's 110 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 68 of Baghdad's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

405 of its 1,133 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 63 of Afghanistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Displacement

Azerbaijan

19 of its 110 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Japan (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (394 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Russia (10 of its stories, about three 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 9 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 21,930 stories about harm among 126,143 counted on 9 Oct.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Ecuador. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 126,143 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. A year earlier, on 9 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Ecuador stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Syria60 in 100 of its 750 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador59 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye56 in 100 of its 1,155 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Baghdad Iraq68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Quito Ecuador66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Ankara Türkiye62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328

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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 readNamibia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 21 stories, carried by 41 outletsAnchorage, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 103 outletsOrange County, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 21 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsManbij, Syria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 44 outletsUppsala, Sweden -- health: 35 stories, carried by 55 outletsCeylanpinar, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 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

● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Anchorage US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Orange County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,157 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,675 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,391 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,156 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,105 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 983 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 509 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 477 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 killed5,126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests2,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured980 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees495 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting people displaced200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations98 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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