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The news turned to protests in Santiago (Chile), violence in Ankara and the cyclone in Bangladesh. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 64 in 100 of its 198 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Chile

127 of its 198 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Santiago accounted for 122 of Chile's 127 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. 118 of Santiago's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

266 of its 492 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ankara accounted for 141 of Türkiye's 266 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

109 of its 256 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Hong Kong

93 of its 185 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 48 of Hong Kong's 93 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 45 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

124 of its 298 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 107 of Lebanon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 97 of Beirut's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

159 of its 229 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 93 of Afghanistan's 159 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Croatia

6 of its 14 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 4 of Zagreb's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

101 of its 407 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 68 of Barcelona's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Italy

55 of its 308 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plague in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (78 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (12 of its stories, about three 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 20 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 10,610 stories about harm among 58,848 counted on 20 Oct.

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Chile's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 58,848 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Chile. In Guam's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Poland, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Chile64 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye54 in 100 of its 492 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong50 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Syria49 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Beirut Lebanon97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Beijing China87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Barcelona Spain68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: 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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMontana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 137 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 41 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 28 stories, carried by 13 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Jakarta Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 59 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,048 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,149 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence19% 2,001 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,621 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 368 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 329 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 219 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 killed3,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,155 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting evacuations104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Mexico Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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