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14,903 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Tehran (Iran), rights and justice in Sakhir and flooding in Egypt. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 52 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Iran

229 of its 319 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tehran accounted for 157 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 140 of Tehran's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Bahrain

35 of its 90 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Sakhir accounted for 25 of Bahrain's 35 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Sakhir stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

116 of its 347 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Kenya

77 of its 234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Peru

35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 7 of Petroperu's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

322 of its 769 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 66 of Islamabad's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

72 of its 164 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 36 of Bangladesh's 72 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in China (19 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 14,903 stories about harm among 77,976 counted on 4 Nov.

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Of the day's 77,976 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 4 November 2021, 24 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 →

Iran72 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine63 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti60 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Peru52 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia52 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 490 Islamabad Pakistan66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 San Francisco US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessLebanon: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualState of Texas, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 62 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsSakhir, Bahrain -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 105 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 10 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

● State of Texas US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 51 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Sakhir Bahrain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 5,038 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,532 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,894 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,555 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,234 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 575 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 553 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 269 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 killed2,970 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured658 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations65 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.