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21,459 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Barcelona (Spain), storms in Lebanon and people displaced in Mozambique. Bangladesh'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 mostCyprus 44 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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

Spain

232 of its 738 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Barcelona accounted for 151 of Spain's 232 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 132 of Barcelona's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Barcelona stories →
Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

68 of its 160 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Beirut accounted for 43 of Lebanon's 68 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and heatwave.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

52 of its 99 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

116 of its 279 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Guinea

26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Conakry accounted for 19 of Guinea's 26 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 17 of Conakry's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

52 of its 92 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Quito accounted for 37 of Ecuador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 33 of Quito's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

377 of its 1,383 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (202 stories). Flooding was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

82 of its 177 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 44 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 319 of Türkiye's 682 stories about harm, carried by 492 outlets. Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cyprus

26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (136 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 21,459 stories about harm among 124,356 counted on 15 Oct.

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In Spain, 31% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 124,356 stories, below the usual 18. On 15 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria63 in 100 of its 926 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador57 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique53 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia50 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Barcelona Spain132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 491 Mumbai India56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Beijing China48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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 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 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 21 outletsYucca Mountain, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 89 outletsUtah, US -- disasters & accidents: 38 stories, carried by 198 outletsHaryana, India -- shelter & services: 29 stories, carried by 32 outletsKolkata, India -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 38 outletsAbaco, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 34 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

● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maputo Mozambique about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Yucca Mountain US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 38 stories ● Haryana India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,050 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,345 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,223 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,042 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,132 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 912 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 648 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 607 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 killed4,932 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees441 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting people displaced253 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 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 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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