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22,482 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Niamey, violence in Tigray and people killed in Guyana. Niger's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuyana 55 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Niger

38 of its 43 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Niamey accounted for 21 of Niger's 38 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

106 of its 162 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tigray accounted for 80 of Ethiopia's 106 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Rights & justice

Guyana

28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Azerbaijan

40 of its 113 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

56 of Wellington's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Sierra Leone

Freetown accounted for 23 of Sierra Leone's 28 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Ebola was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Heatstroke was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Romania

65 of its 174 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Rights & justice

Poland

85 of its 254 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Sierra Leone (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Russia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 22,482 stories about harm among 90,971 counted on 9 Nov.

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In Sierra Leone's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 90,971 stories, as usual. Niger's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar75 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 62 · mostly displacement Nicaragua72 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 313 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 814 Glasgow UK73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Houston US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Wellington New Zealand56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Kenosha US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

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: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: 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 more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than 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 fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Niger few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Sierra Leone few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 102 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,624 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,642 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,024 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,549 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 902 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 573 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 319 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 killed4,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,536 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations73 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half 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 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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