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16,047 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tehran (Iran), illness in Port-au-Prince and people affected in Egypt. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 74 in 100 of its 405 stories, usually 58
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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

301 of its 405 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tehran accounted for 163 of Iran's 301 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 128 of Tehran's 163 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

59 of its 202 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Ecuador

18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Latacunga accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 18 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 7 of Latacunga's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

29 of its 38 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Ouagadougou accounted for 20 of Burkina Faso's 29 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 12 of Ouagadougou's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Avalanche was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Gambia

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Latvia

9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in India (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Oct. 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 16,047 stories about harm among 79,379 counted on 5 Oct.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 79,379 stories, as usual. On 5 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. In Iran, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 58% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran74 in 100 of its 405 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda56 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Cambodia46 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Ethiopia46 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Kyiv Ukraine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: 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 lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPhilippines: 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 readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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 readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSeychelles: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualCairo, Egypt -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 40 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 19 stories, carried by 26 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsHurricane Mills, US -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 85 outletsUtah, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 25 stories, carried by 27 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 43 stories, carried by 33 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

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 40 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Hurricane Mills US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 25 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,743 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,650 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,427 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,459 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,031 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 676 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 570 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 280 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 killed3,652 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions183 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Gambia

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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