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14,807 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to the earthquake in the Solomon Islands, people injured in China and violence in Kyiv. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSolomon Islands 96 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Solomon Islands

71 of its 74 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Honiara accounted for 67 of the Solomon Islands' 71 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Solomon Islands over 30 days → its stories → Honiara stories →
Health

China

497 of its 1,772 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Building collapse was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 121 of Ukraine's 291 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness, diphtheria and measles. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

305 of its 427 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cianjur accounted for 223 of Indonesia's 305 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 266 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 59 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

28 of its 58 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

39 of its 65 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

39 of its 74 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kabul accounted for 21 of Afghanistan's 39 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (266 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 14,807 stories about harm among 77,456 counted on 22 Nov.

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In the Solomon Islands, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 77,456 stories, as usual. On 22 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Solomon Islands96 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia71 in 100 of its 427 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 455 Colorado Springs US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 351 Tehran Iran36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Los Angeles US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

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: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: 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: 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 usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 16 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 35 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 40 stories, carried by 26 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 23 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 18 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

● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● English Channel UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,346 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,225 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,112 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,745 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 814 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 706 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 484 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 213 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 killed3,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,397 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people affected1,265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations68 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Cape Verde

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 about as 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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