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21,505 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Tel Aviv, protests in the New Territories (Hong Kong) and people injured in Slovakia. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 66 in 100 of its 927 stories, usually 34
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

609 of its 927 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tel Aviv accounted for 242 of Israel's 609 stories about harm, carried by 477 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (222 stories). Wildfires were named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

191 of its 469 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. the New Territories accounted for 137 of Hong Kong's 191 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. 134 of the New Territories' 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → New Territories stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovakia

23 of its 34 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

293 of its 857 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Tornadoes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Palestine

89 of its 128 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 89 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

81 of its 226 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 67 of Lebanon's 81 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 63 of Beirut's 67 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

China

98 of Beijing's 196 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (116 stories). Plague was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

120 of its 305 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

294 of its 1,127 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Tornadoes were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 143 of Afghanistan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in China (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in India (17 of its stories, about 7 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 13 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 21,505 stories about harm among 126,593 counted on 13 Nov.

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Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in China's news. of the day's 126,593 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Israel for the second day running. Israel's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 13 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine70 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 927 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Congo59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

New Territories Hong Kong134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 598 Beijing China98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 La Paz Bolivia76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 Tel Aviv Israel66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualReno, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArkansas, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsAyodhya, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsKelowna, Canada -- shelter & services: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 32 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Reno US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Arkansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Ayodhya India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Kelowna Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 18 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,853 stories · about as usual Health25% 5,164 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,956 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 3,097 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,056 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 838 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 583 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 455 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 killed5,294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations184 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill40 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 harsher 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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