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16,369 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Jammu, rights and justice in Yangon and flooding in Ukraine. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 63 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 30 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

Kashmir

64 of its 102 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 64 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). 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.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

34 of its 40 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 27 of Myanmar's 34 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Displacement

Ukraine

429 of its 934 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

52 of its 79 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

91 of its 263 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Health

Norway

26 of its 87 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Lebanon

32 of its 88 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

New Zealand

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in UK (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in US (18 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 19 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 16,369 stories about harm among 82,859 counted on 19 Oct.

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Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Lebanon's news. of the day's 82,859 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Kashmir's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Kashmir63 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Los Angeles US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Beijing China48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessJapan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChina: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualMorecambe Bay, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 95 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsShahed, Iran -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsFrankfurt, Germany -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 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

● Morecambe Bay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 6,036 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,699 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,983 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,270 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 637 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 632 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 340 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 killed3,569 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured704 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● Griefa little less than 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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