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Protests in Santiago (Chile), the drought in Somalia and road crashes in Norway drew the news. Chile's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 55 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 27
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Chile

158 of its 289 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Santiago accounted for 130 of Chile's 158 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. 114 of Santiago's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Somalia

50 of its 65 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

63 of its 233 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Bolivia

54 of its 122 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. la Paz accounted for 39 of Bolivia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. 34 of la Paz's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 74 of Iraq's 134 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 46 of Baghdad's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Conakry accounted for 23 of Guinea's 27 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 23 of Conakry's 23 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 117 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 148 of Türkiye's 312 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Food poisoning was named in 27 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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Conflict & violence

Latvia

13 of its 36 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (194 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 20,500 stories about harm among 125,641 counted on 22 Oct.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 November 2018. 16 in every 100 of the day's 125,641 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. For the fourth day running, the news turned to Chile. Norway's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. Chile's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia77 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 614 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Chile55 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Iraq52 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 534 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Islamabad Pakistan52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Baghdad Iraq46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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: 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 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: 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: 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 readTaiwan: 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 lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 lessHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 61 outletsHaska Mena, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 55 outletsMichigan, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 41 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 109 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 37 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Haska Mena Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,005 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,217 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,053 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,862 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,059 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 865 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 415 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 killed4,649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,046 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about two-thirds of 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 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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