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22,655 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to rights and justice in Tripoli, arrests in Kashmir and protests in Hong Kong. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 65 in 100 of its 130 stories, usually 49
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Libya

27 of its 53 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tripoli accounted for 23 of Libya's 27 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Mexico

157 of its 386 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and storms.

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

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Norway

71 of its 250 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Morocco

14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Lebanon (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 22,655 stories about harm among 92,337 counted on 13 Oct.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 12 August 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,337 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Hong Kong's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Libya. Libya stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir65 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam52 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 443 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Libya51 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Cuba51 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 935 London UK50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Los Angeles US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Beijing China29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sUnited States: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Norway about three times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 12,998 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,685 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,890 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,517 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 908 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 618 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 535 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 301 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 killed4,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 about as 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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