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16,328 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at power cuts in Ukraine, landslides in Venezuela and protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 56 in 100 of its 1,204 stories, usually 37
RegionEurope 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Ukraine

677 of its 1,204 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 483 of Ukraine's 677 stories about harm, carried by 575 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (310 stories). Power cuts were named in 131 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

50 of its 72 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Las Tejerias accounted for 27 of Venezuela's 50 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Las Tejerias stories →
Health

Indonesia

67 of its 178 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Comasagua accounted for 13 of el Salvador's 20 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Ethiopia

35 of its 65 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 196 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 78 of Tehran's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

26 of its 54 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 20 of Peru's 26 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets.

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Health

Gambia

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Norway (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ethiopia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Guatemala (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in El Salvador (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Mexico (10 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 11 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 16,328 stories about harm among 80,863 counted on 11 Oct.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 80,863 stories, as usual. On 11 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. In Ukraine, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela69 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran62 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine57 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine56 in 100 of its 1,204 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 42 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Tehran Iran78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Los Angeles US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Kyiv Ukraine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 483 Moscow Russia26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: 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 lessUkraine: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessQatar: 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 readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualHawaii, US -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 75 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 12 stories, carried by 30 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 12 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 33 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 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

● Hawaii US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Lanarkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Oslo Norway about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,857 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,469 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,201 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence12% 1,860 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,047 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 812 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 263 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 killed4,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured974 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Guatemala Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Haiti

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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