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12,534 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to building collapse in Georgia, violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Moscow. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSingapore 64 in 100 of its 168 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Georgia

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

293 of its 426 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 120 of Afghanistan's 293 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

163 of its 425 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 95 of Russia's 163 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Health

Congo

36 of its 39 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Libya

25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tripoli accounted for 24 of Libya's 25 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Health

Brazil

51 of its 120 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Kuwait

23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Iraq

43 of its 79 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 34 of Iraq's 43 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 22 of Ethiopia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in US (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 12,534 stories about harm among 49,204 counted on 9 Oct.

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Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Georgia's news. of the day's 49,204 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. Georgia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 9 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 426 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Singapore64 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Iraq54 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Lucknow India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 Los Angeles US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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 readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualKentucky, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsMontana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsManila, Philippines -- health: 56 stories, carried by 23 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsMoscow, Russia -- rights & justice: 95 stories, carried by 368 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 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

● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Manila Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 56 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 6,608 stories · less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice19% 2,332 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,227 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,112 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 373 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 310 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 245 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 212 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 killed2,994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured723 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations57 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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 much 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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