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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

how these are picked →
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.

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualMaine, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsChattanooga, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 32 stories, carried by 29 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 23 stories, carried by 41 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 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

● Maine US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Chattanooga US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

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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