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19,324 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Vienna (Austria), violence in Jerusalem and abductions in Haiti. Israel's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelgium 41 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Protests & strikes

Austria

150 of its 242 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Vienna accounted for 93 of Austria's 150 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 64 of Vienna's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Israel

240 of its 551 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 160 of Israel's 240 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belgium

56 of its 137 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Brussels accounted for 51 of Belgium's 56 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. 37 of Brussels' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Guadeloupe

16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Pointe-A-Pitre accounted for 15 of Guadeloupe's 16 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 15 of Pointe-A-Pitre's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

15 of Rotterdam's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

77 of its 180 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (19 of its stories, about three 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 22 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 19,324 stories about harm among 77,272 counted on 22 Nov.

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South Africa's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 77,272 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 November 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Austria stood out: 62% 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 →

Haiti79 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Syria62 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Austria62 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Sudan60 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine51 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Milwaukee US234 stories about protests or strikes, of its 665 Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Vienna Austria64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Delhi India63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Khartoum Sudan52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMinneapolis, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 35 outletsRhode Island, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsMadhya Pradesh, India -- health: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 92 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 61 stories, carried by 31 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 135 stories, carried by 277 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

● Minneapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Rhode Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Hyderabad India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Madhya Pradesh India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 10,195 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,728 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,633 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,547 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 628 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 414 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 256 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 killed4,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,656 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions213 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting refugees125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about the usual rate

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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