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20,871 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Beirut (Lebanon), violence in Kongsberg and arrests in Kenya drew the news. Norway's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 66 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 28
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

162 of its 227 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 146 of Lebanon's 162 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. 111 of Beirut's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Norway

113 of its 172 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kongsberg accounted for 88 of Norway's 113 stories about harm, carried by 333 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Kongsberg stories →
Health

Kenya

105 of its 236 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

363 of its 529 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 154 of Afghanistan's 363 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

91 of its 120 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

101 of its 163 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 8 of Buea's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

154 of its 481 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 38 of Rome's 71 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

61 of its 113 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Colombo accounted for 27 of Sri Lanka's 61 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in India (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in UK (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 25 the day before
28 in 10025 in 10016 Sep23 Sep30 Sep7 Oct15 Oct16 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 28 in 10019 Sep: 28 in 10020 Sep: 28 in 10021 Sep: 27 in 10022 Sep: 27 in 10023 Sep: 27 in 10024 Sep: 27 in 10025 Sep: 27 in 10026 Sep: 26 in 10027 Sep: 25 in 10028 Sep: 25 in 10029 Sep: 25 in 10030 Sep: 25 in 1001 Oct: 25 in 1002 Oct: 26 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 1004 Oct: 25 in 1005 Oct: 25 in 1006 Oct: 25 in 1007 Oct: 25 in 1008 Oct: 25 in 1009 Oct: 25 in 10010 Oct: 26 in 10011 Oct: 25 in 10012 Oct: 25 in 10013 Oct: 25 in 10014 Oct: 25 in 10015 Oct: 26 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 20,871 stories about harm among 81,665 counted on 15 Oct.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Lebanon. of the day's 81,665 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Greece's news mentioned flooding about 9 times as often as usual. Lebanon's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 15 October 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir76 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon71 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 529 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Norway66 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh62 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 938 Beirut Lebanon111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Chicago US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Rome Italy38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: no storiesBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 38 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Yemen: 78 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Vietnam: 51 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Uganda: 42 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Taiwan: 44 in 100 of its 162 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Syria: 49 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Eswatini: 90 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Sri Lanka: 54 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)South Africa: 37 in 100 of its 753 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Singapore: 35 in 100 of its 177 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)St Vincent: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Rwanda: 63 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Philippines: 47 in 100 of its 564 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Pakistan: 35 in 100 of its 572 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Norway: 66 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)New Zealand: 35 in 100 of its 443 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Mozambique: 53 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Malaysia: 35 in 100 of its 275 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Lithuania: 67 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Libya: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Lebanon: 71 in 100 of its 227 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kenya: 44 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Jamaica: 38 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Israel: 37 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 41 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Indonesia: 37 in 100 of its 163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)India: 33 in 100 of its 2,870 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Haiti: 55 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Guyana: 48 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Gambia: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Fiji: 39 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Ethiopia: 44 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Colombia: 38 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Canada: 33 in 100 of its 2,053 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Cameroon: 52 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Cambodia: 62 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Myanmar: 47 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Brunei: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Bangladesh: 62 in 100 of its 163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Bahamas: 43 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Algeria: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Afghanistan: 69 in 100 of its 529 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 76 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 41 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 41 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 76 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 76 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 41 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 76 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 26 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 69 in 100 of its 529 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Lebanon 71 in 100 of its 227 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kashmir 76 in 100 of its 120 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Norway 66 in 100 of its 172 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 62 in 100 of its 163 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sri Lanka 54 in 100 of its 113 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,667 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,543 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,765 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 738 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 631 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 454 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 300 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 killed4,504 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting refugees144 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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