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15,141 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Przewodow, protests in Tehran (Iran) and a disaster in Havana drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPoland 60 in 100 of its 246 stories, usually 19
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

Poland

148 of its 246 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Przewodow accounted for 68 of Poland's 148 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Przewodow stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 78 of Iran's 177 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 66 of Tehran's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Cuba

29 of its 68 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Havana accounted for 21 of Cuba's 29 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Israel

231 of its 537 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Istanbul accounted for 88 of Türkiye's 136 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

36 of its 65 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Minsk's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

52 of Sharm el-Sheikh's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Egypt (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Canada (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in France (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 15,141 stories about harm among 82,207 counted on 15 Nov.

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Poland's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 82,207 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Egypt's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. On 15 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Poland60 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 19 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda55 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia50 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Tehran Iran66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Kherson Ukraine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Kyiv Ukraine25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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: 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 lessCrimea: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBali, India -- health: 24 stories, carried by 40 outletsOld Main, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 23 outletsAmman, Jordan -- food & livelihood: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaine, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 44 outletsSunak, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 48 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsBali, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Bali India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Old Main US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 11 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 5,877 stories · more than usual (usually 36%) Rights & justice21% 3,185 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,872 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence11% 1,572 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 958 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 697 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 576 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 216 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 killed3,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,283 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured758 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced101 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations66 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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