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The news turned to protests in Guayaquil (Ecuador), illness in Vienna and arrests in Somalia. Ecuador's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 89 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 43
RegionCentral Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Guayaquil accounted for 58 of Ecuador's 66 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 31 of Guayaquil's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Guayaquil stories →
Health

Austria

75 of its 124 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Vienna accounted for 42 of Austria's 75 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

62 of its 120 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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

Sudan

78 of its 83 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 61 of Sudan's 78 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 61 of Khartoum's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

48 of its 120 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 7 of Warsaw's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 13 of Havana's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

56 of its 112 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 16 of Bangkok's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Health

Egypt

53 of its 147 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

18 of its 20 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Egypt (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Canada (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (92 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 10,019 stories about harm among 40,941 counted on 14 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Ecuador. of the day's 40,941 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ecuador stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan94 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Ecuador89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Austria60 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Ethiopia55 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Khartoum Sudan61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Glasgow UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Guayaquil Ecuador31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Kenosha US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 25 outletsDoha, Qatar -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsTexas, US -- health: 63 stories, carried by 89 outletsGlasgow, UK -- disasters & accidents: 91 stories, carried by 178 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 41 stories, carried by 22 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 30 stories, carried by 26 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Arizona US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Texas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 63 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 91 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 5,043 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice16% 1,629 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,176 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,039 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 381 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 324 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 215 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 137 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 killed2,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced63 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations54 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about India 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 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.