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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Port-au-Prince, protests in Mbabane (Eswatini) and violence in Tigray. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico →
Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 86 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 60
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Haiti

90 of its 105 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 47 of Haiti's 90 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Eswatini

18 of its 18 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 9 of Mbabane's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Eswatini over 30 days → its stories → Mbabane stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

54 of its 95 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Health

New Zealand

248 of its 560 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

119 of its 174 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

Gorongosa accounted for 17 of Mozambique's 23 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Romania

51 of its 108 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bulgaria

23 of its 93 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Mozambique (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Mexico (32 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Syria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (46 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 25 the day before
27 in 10025 in 10023 Sep30 Sep7 Oct14 Oct22 Oct23 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 10016 Oct: 26 in 10017 Oct: 25 in 10018 Oct: 25 in 10019 Oct: 25 in 10020 Oct: 25 in 10021 Oct: 25 in 10022 Oct: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,924 stories about harm among 86,587 counted on 22 Oct.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 86,587 stories, as usual. Mentions of food poisoning ran about 7 times their usual in Mexico's news. In Haiti, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 60% is usual. On 22 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti86 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh68 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Palestine57 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 861 Lagos Nigeria51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Hollywood US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Boston US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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'sBolivia: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 407 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 12,541 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,716 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,755 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,447 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 719 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 515 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 killed4,594 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting refugees150 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations63 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 softer 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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