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22,234 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Conakry (Guinea), wildfires in Lebanon and people killed in Malta. Malawi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 58 in 100 of its 240 stories, usually 40
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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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Protests & strikes

Guinea

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Conakry accounted for 21 of Guinea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 21 of Conakry's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 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.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

62 of its 155 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave.

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

Malta

37 of its 90 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malawi

32 of its 84 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

139 of its 240 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 68 of Kashmir's 139 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 34 of Jammu's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

169 of its 760 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 96 of Barcelona's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (42 stories). Tsunami was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cyprus

22 of its 49 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 6 of Paphos' 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Quito accounted for 27 of Ecuador's 45 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 23 of Quito's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 259 of Türkiye's 563 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

16 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). 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: tsunami in Spain (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 22,234 stories about harm among 133,568 counted on 16 Oct.

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Lebanon's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. Guinea's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. A year earlier, on 16 October 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 133,568 stories, below the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir58 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador56 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Syria55 in 100 of its 887 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan50 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 694 Beijing China107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 Barcelona Spain96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 New Territories Hong Kong48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSweden: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsWausau, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSleaford, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 62 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 44 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

● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Maputo Mozambique about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Wausau US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Sleaford UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,327 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,718 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,340 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,163 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,060 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 941 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 653 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 497 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 killed4,896 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests3,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,547 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,067 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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