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18,881 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Santiago (Chile), poisoning in the Dominican Republic and people killed in Slovakia. Chile's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 63 in 100 of its 378 stories, usually 22
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

Chile

238 of its 378 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Santiago accounted for 208 of Chile's 238 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. 173 of Santiago's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (201 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovakia

10 of its 30 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

52 of its 94 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 21 of Khartoum's 28 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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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

15 of its 88 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 8 of Baku's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 142 of Türkiye's 337 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Food poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 58 of Hong Kong's 108 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 57 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 58 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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Health

Congo

24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

18 of its 40 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ghana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (409 of its stories, more than ten 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 21 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 18,881 stories about harm among 112,358 counted on 21 Oct.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Chile. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 112,358 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in the Dominican Republic's news. In Chile, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 21 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Chile63 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan55 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 550 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye51 in 100 of its 659 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Beijing China54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Sydney Australia53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAruba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Chile about twice as angry as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 324 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 13 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,181 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,753 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,948 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,837 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,147 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 811 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 449 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 332 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 killed4,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,028 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees258 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about the usual rate

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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