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23,871 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at flooding in Myanmar, a disaster in Herat and protests in Damascus (Syria). Syria's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 74 in 100 of its 247 stories, usually 56
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

54 of its 70 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yangon accounted for 21 of Myanmar's 54 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

184 of its 247 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Herat accounted for 129 of Afghanistan's 184 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Herat stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

Damascus accounted for 23 of Syria's 50 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 16 of Damascus' 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Rwanda

37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Cambodia

44 of its 106 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Cameroon

19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 270 of Palestine's 364 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 122 of Iran's 228 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guam

30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tropical storm was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

5,805 of its 7,894 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Cameroon (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Cambodia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Egypt (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Oct. 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 23,871 stories about harm among 112,855 counted on 10 Oct.

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Abductions were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. of the day's 112,855 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Myanmar stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar77 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel74 in 100 of its 7,894 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Sudan64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 68 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 928 Tel Aviv Israel165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 826 Washington US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Sydney Australia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Tel Aviv Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 5,805 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Switzerland a little warmer than the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 7,325 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health25% 5,774 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice20% 4,735 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents11% 2,630 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 841 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 827 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 721 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 681 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 killed8,182 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected2,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,006 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests1,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,601 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced456 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees406 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the UK Stories reporting evacuations220 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about China and Germany

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

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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