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16,132 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Bangkok, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and wildfires in Chile. Thailand's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 67 in 100 of its 366 stories, usually 33
RegionSoutheast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Thailand

247 of its 366 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bangkok accounted for 112 of Thailand's 247 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

62 of its 115 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 of Minsk's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

44 of its 82 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Easter Island accounted for 30 of Chile's 44 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iran

267 of its 360 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tehran accounted for 117 of Iran's 267 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 98 of Tehran's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

35 of its 139 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Oslo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Providencia accounted for 16 of Nicaragua's 29 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

71 of its 98 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). 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.

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Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 3 of Ouagadougou's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Ramallah accounted for 18 of Palestine's 34 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 11 of Ramallah's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Nicaragua (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Colombia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Lesotho (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,132 stories about harm among 77,476 counted on 7 Oct.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Thailand. of the day's 77,476 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Thailand stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 7 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran74 in 100 of its 360 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand67 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda61 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567 Tehran Iran98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Moscow Russia95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Uvalde US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Kyiv Ukraine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 205 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 16 outletsMontana, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsCleveland, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 27 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 31 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 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

● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Minsk Belarus about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 5,459 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,776 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,359 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,577 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,272 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 703 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 489 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 killed3,866 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions208 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees186 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations60 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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