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19,935 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in the Philippines, protests in la Paz (Bolivia) and violence in Tehran. the Philippines' coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 42 in 100 of its 550 stories, usually 26
RegionSoutheast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

229 of its 550 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

14 of its 25 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of la Paz's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

77 of its 188 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 40 of Iran's 77 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Samoa

12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with measles.

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

Haiti

28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 6 of Port-au-Prince's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

96 of its 208 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Santiago accounted for 67 of Chile's 96 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 60 of Santiago's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Hepatitis was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

70 of its 290 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Rights & justice

Lebanon

103 of its 292 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 68 of Lebanon's 103 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Vietnam

71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, malaria and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Cambodia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Somalia (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Netherlands (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Brazil (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Chile (21 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 1 Nov. 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 19,935 stories about harm among 119,311 counted on 1 Nov.

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17 in every 100 of the day's 119,311 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 1 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Over October, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in October 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria62 in 100 of its 393 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 666 Baghdad Iraq81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Delhi India72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Santiago Chile60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Chicago US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Spain about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,613 stories · about as usual Health23% 4,498 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,578 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence13% 2,442 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Shelter & services6% 1,189 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,168 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 506 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 476 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 killed4,792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,236 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations328 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees269 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill43 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 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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