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21,589 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tehran (Iran), people affected in Niger and illness in Copenhagen drew the news. Niger's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIran 46 in 100 of its 301 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

137 of its 301 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 137 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. 85 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

144 of its 230 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 115 of Ethiopia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 6 of Tbilisi's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Morocco

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Azerbaijan

41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Baku accounted for 33 of Azerbaijan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 142 of Afghanistan's 203 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Building collapse was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Nigeria (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in India (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in UK (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 23 the day before
28 in 10023 in 1006 Oct13 Oct20 Oct27 Oct4 Nov6 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 10023 Oct: 26 in 10024 Oct: 26 in 10025 Oct: 26 in 10026 Oct: 25 in 10027 Oct: 24 in 10028 Oct: 24 in 10029 Oct: 24 in 10030 Oct: 25 in 10031 Oct: 28 in 1001 Nov: 24 in 1002 Nov: 24 in 1003 Nov: 23 in 1004 Nov: 24 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Nov. 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 21,589 stories about harm among 90,006 counted on 4 Nov.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 90,006 stories, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia63 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan50 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Cuba49 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Venezuela47 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 978 Tehran Iran85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Glasgow UK76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 London UK69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Kenosha US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: 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 a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice 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'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Ethiopia about three times as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Georgia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 19 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 12,625 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice17% 3,623 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,672 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,416 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 768 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 603 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 222 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 killed4,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured810 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations74 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bulgaria

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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.