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23,528 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), violence in Damascus and illness in Moscow. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 82 in 100 of its 123 stories, usually 57
RegionCentral Asia 47 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

Haiti

101 of its 123 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 68 of Haiti's 101 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 37 of Port-au-Prince's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

220 of its 296 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Damascus accounted for 169 of Syria's 220 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Russia

367 of its 980 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 256 of Russia's 367 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

34 of its 49 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Nigeria

560 of its 1,213 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 172 of Lagos' 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

53 of its 81 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tigray accounted for 41 of Ethiopia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

127 of its 271 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

69 of its 105 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 69 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

35 of its 96 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

23 of its 63 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Japan (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in India (137 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

25 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 20 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 23,528 stories about harm among 92,712 counted on 20 Oct.

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The news turned to Haiti for the fourth day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,712 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Japan's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Haiti stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti82 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Syria74 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir66 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 973 Lagos Nigeria172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Moscow Russia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Chicago US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: 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'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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 · 69 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 560 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 13,109 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,157 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,942 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,937 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 768 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 525 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 288 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 killed5,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,733 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions248 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting refugees177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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