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Plane crash in Tanzania, a disaster in Sharm el-Sheikh and violence in Jammu drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.
Disasters & accidents
95 of its 132 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bukoba accounted for 49 of Tanzania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (51 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
269 of its 782 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sharm el-Sheikh accounted for 129 of Egypt's 269 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 39 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Health
545 of its 1,753 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings and earthquake.
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Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
32 of its 77 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
Health
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Disasters & accidents
10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Disasters & accidents
82 of its 376 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Protests & strikes
76 of its 236 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 25 of Nairobi's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual:
hurricane in Bahamas (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Brazil (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in India (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 70,231 stories, as usual. Tanzania's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. In the Bahamas' news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 70,231 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20). Tanzania: 95 of its 132 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Egypt: 269 of its 782 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kashmir: 39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. China: 545 of its 1,753 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. Mentions of plane crash ran about 6 times their usual in Tanzania's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Tanzania. A year earlier, on 7 November 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: too little coverage to read Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: too little coverage to read Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: too little coverage to read North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: too little coverage to read Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: too little coverage to read Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: too little coverage to read Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or less French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: too little coverage to read Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: too little coverage to read China: too little coverage to read Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: too little coverage to read Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: too little coverage to read Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: too little coverage to read British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: about as warm as its own usual or less Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or less Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read South Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Malaysia: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Bali, Indonesia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets Ottawa, Canada -- health: 24 stories, carried by 43 outlets Arizona, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 21 outlets Merseyside, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 16 outlets Wisconsin, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 30 outlets Quebec, Canada -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outlets Brussels, Belgium -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 14 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angera little less than 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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