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12,072 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Freetown, protests in Izabela (Poland) and people injured in Germany. Sierra Leone's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSierra Leone 83 in 100 of its 170 stories, usually 38
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Sierra Leone

141 of its 170 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Freetown accounted for 131 of Sierra Leone's 141 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

20 of its 49 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 8 of Izabela's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Izabela stories →
Health

Germany

96 of its 307 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

97 of its 156 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tigray accounted for 69 of Ethiopia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iraq

57 of its 88 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baghdad accounted for 30 of Iraq's 57 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 28 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 19 of Sudan's 33 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 18 of Khartoum's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Costa Rica

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Greece

43 of its 107 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 28 of Greece's 43 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Brazil (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in US (81 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 12,072 stories about harm among 47,405 counted on 6 Nov.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 47,405 stories, as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sierra Leone83 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan66 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Iraq65 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia62 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 486 Glasgow UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Baghdad Iraq28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 Kabul Afghanistan23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68

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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sDR Congo: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sSierra Leone: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Sierra Leone about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 6,053 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice19% 2,220 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,449 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence8% 997 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 522 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 303 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 256 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 152 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 killed3,356 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured929 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sierra Leone Stories reporting people affected836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations48 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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.