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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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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

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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.

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 readSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: 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 lessIran: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualHaska Mena, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsCaryville, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 58 outletsVermont, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsSochi, Russia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 25 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 35 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 93 stories, carried by 134 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

● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Haska Mena Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Caryville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

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 →

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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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