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The day's news pointed at protests in la Paz (Bolivia), violence in Colombo and snowstorms in Kashmir. Kashmir's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 71 in 100 of its 188 stories, usually 39
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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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

134 of its 188 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. la Paz accounted for 56 of Bolivia's 134 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 45 of la Paz's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Illness was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

168 of its 353 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Colombo accounted for 90 of Sri Lanka's 168 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

52 of its 104 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Jamaica

31 of its 111 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

134 of its 274 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 63 of Iran's 134 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

98 of its 137 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. al-Bab accounted for 45 of Syria's 98 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island accounted for 59 of Hong Kong's 97 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 57 of Hong Kong Island's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

182 of its 312 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Laos

8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 7 of Vientiane's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

141 of its 529 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 79 of Paris' 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Italy (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in US (24 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 12,509 stories about harm among 68,799 counted on 16 Nov.

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Mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual in Italy's news. of the day's 68,799 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bolivia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. A year earlier, on 16 November 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria72 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia71 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel58 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Hong Kong Island Hong Kong57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Baghdad Iraq49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 La Paz Bolivia45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman 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 readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than 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'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● New Zealand a little warmer than the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 3,768 stories · about as usual Health23% 2,802 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,978 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,950 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 752 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 473 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 270 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 254 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 killed3,463 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,094 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bolivia Stories reporting refugees141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions126 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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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