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13,089 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Indonesia, violence in Colombo and protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia →
Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 71 in 100 of its 490 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

348 of its 490 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cianjur accounted for 214 of Indonesia's 348 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (259 stories). Earthquake was named in 303 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, tsunami and volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Tonga

17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 49 of Bangladesh's 72 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 18 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

27 of its 45 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

20 of its 45 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

41 of its 122 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Tonga (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 13,089 stories about harm among 68,775 counted on 21 Nov.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 68,775 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia. A year earlier, on 21 November 2021, 25 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 →

Indonesia71 in 100 of its 490 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine60 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka45 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Colorado Springs US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 482 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 4,575 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,656 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,966 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,821 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 714 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 634 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 395 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 179 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 killed3,839 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people injured1,650 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests1,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions138 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations55 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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