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16,093 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tehran (Iran), the cyclone in Bangladesh and violence in Nablus drew the news. Iran's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 42 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 148 of Iran's 328 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. 116 of Tehran's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

113 of its 242 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Cyclone was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Philippines

239 of its 578 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (55 stories). Earthquake was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and tsunami.

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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

71 of its 237 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave.

its stories →
Health

Spain

107 of its 451 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

14 of its 52 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Bishkek's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

58 of its 89 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Syria (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Egypt (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (24 of its stories, about 4 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 26 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 16,093 stories about harm among 81,448 counted on 26 Oct.

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In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 81,448 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine70 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 512 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Uganda58 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 517 Los Angeles US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 San Francisco US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer 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'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Iran about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 6,219 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice22% 3,469 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,963 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,773 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 982 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 660 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 525 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 253 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 killed3,471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,580 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured927 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions200 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about the usual rate

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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