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15,843 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Ndjamena (Chad), people injured in Sudan and people killed in Malawi. Chad's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostChad 68 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Chad

42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ndjamena accounted for 36 of Chad's 42 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 22 of Ndjamena's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malawi

23 of its 49 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

39 of its 48 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 11 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

375 of its 1,059 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 46 of Lagos' 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

53 of its 94 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tigray accounted for 42 of Ethiopia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Nablus accounted for 38 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 22 of Nablus' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 109 of Iran's 192 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 84 of Tehran's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Cameroon

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); bridge collapse in US (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 15,843 stories about harm among 84,833 counted on 20 Oct.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 22 January 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,833 stories, below the usual 21. Chad's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. In Nigeria's news, mentions of the cholera ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 20 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Chad68 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Tehran Iran84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Los Angeles US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Lagos Nigeria46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 316 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Tajikistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 7 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 218 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,976 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,531 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,013 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence9% 1,429 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,191 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 276 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 killed3,420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured662 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations72 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than 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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