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15,275 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to illness in Seoul, tropical storm in the Philippines and homes and services in Kyiv. South Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 50 in 100 of its 615 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Health

South Korea

310 of its 615 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Seoul accounted for 256 of South Korea's 310 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (265 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

207 of its 437 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Tropical storm was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 149 of Ukraine's 257 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Mali

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamako accounted for 17 of Mali's 23 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Malaria was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

43 of its 80 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kigali accounted for 22 of Rwanda's 43 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

48 of its 50 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Mogadishu accounted for 27 of Somalia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 47 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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Disasters & accidents

Belize

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hurricane was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

19 of its 50 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Manama's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Jordan

23 of its 89 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Belize (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (232 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); malaria in Mali (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Nov. 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 15,275 stories about harm among 79,861 counted on 1 Nov.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to South Korea. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,861 stories, as usual. South Korea's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 1 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today. Over October, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in October 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia96 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran58 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda54 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence South Korea50 in 100 of its 615 stories · usually 24 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Tehran Iran72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Houston US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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 readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 23 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 20 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 22 stories, carried by 37 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 29 stories, carried by 13 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 16 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

● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 62 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,565 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,257 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,201 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,482 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,005 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 781 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 545 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed3,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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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