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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), a disaster in Dhaka and violence in Colombo. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 65 in 100 of its 337 stories, usually 34
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Iran

219 of its 337 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 128 of Iran's 219 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. 110 of Tehran's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

116 of its 256 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 116 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

214 of its 392 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Colombo accounted for 116 of Sri Lanka's 214 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Rights & justice

China

233 of its 1,080 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Plague was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon.

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

Bolivia

81 of its 109 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 23 of Sacaba's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

161 of its 340 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 96 of Hong Kong's 161 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. 92 of Hong Kong Island's 96 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

France

118 of its 493 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 71 of Paris' 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

128 of its 362 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, avalanche and power cuts.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 59 of Iraq's 79 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 50 of Baghdad's 59 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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Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Italy (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 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 17 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 10,593 stories about harm among 57,946 counted on 17 Nov.

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Of the day's 57,946 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. On 17 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bolivia74 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Iraq66 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Hong Kong Island Hong Kong92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Paris France71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Baghdad Iraq50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 lessPuerto 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: 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 readTurkey: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualSeattle, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 105 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 13 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 116 stories, carried by 212 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 20 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

● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Seattle US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Anuradhapura Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 3,171 stories · about as usual Health22% 2,247 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,921 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,656 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 609 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 359 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 239 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 168 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 killed2,983 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured799 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.