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22,148 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Kampala and Unrwa and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 72 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 46
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

97 of its 134 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kampala accounted for 85 of Uganda's 97 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

72 of its 101 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 58 of Sudan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 54 of Khartoum's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Kenya

107 of its 287 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

New Zealand

235 of its 557 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

95 of its 145 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

68 of its 184 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Argentina

28 of its 84 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

45 of its 82 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 14 of Havana's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (227 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in India (37 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 22,148 stories about harm among 91,527 counted on 17 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Uganda. of the day's 91,527 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uganda72 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan71 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir66 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 862 Kenosha US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Lagos Nigeria56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Khartoum Sudan54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sQatar: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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'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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier 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 a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 16 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 12,061 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,895 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,964 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,788 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 786 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 521 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 312 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 killed4,610 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,007 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations175 at about twice the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting refugees172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 about as 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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