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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.

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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.

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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).

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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
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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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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 readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readRwanda: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualVermont, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsStillwater, US -- health: 41 stories, carried by 84 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 25 stories, carried by 11 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 85 outletsTshwane, South Africa -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 44 stories, carried by 11 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 21 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Stillwater US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 41 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Tshwane South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.