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24,413 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Afghanistan, protests in Mandalay (Myanmar) and evacuations in Israel. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Canada → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 76 in 100 of its 368 stories, usually 57
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
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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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

280 of its 368 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Herat accounted for 216 of Afghanistan's 280 stories about harm, carried by 452 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (113 stories). Landslides were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

55 of its 73 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mandalay accounted for 21 of Myanmar's 55 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 18 of Mandalay's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Mandalay stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

5,193 of its 7,218 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (185 stories). Hunger was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Palestine

428 of its 675 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 295 of Palestine's 428 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three 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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Protests & strikes

Paraguay

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 6 of Asuncion's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

32 of its 115 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

5 of Damascus' 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 88 of Iran's 203 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Argentina (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Vietnam (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 24,413 stories about harm among 116,788 counted on 11 Oct.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 116,788 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar75 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 53 · mostly displacement Israel72 in 100 of its 7,218 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan70 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Syria65 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1043 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 Ashkelon Israel84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 479 Delhi India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Tel Aviv Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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'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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 5,193 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 280 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 428 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Myanmar about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 7,050 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health25% 5,940 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice21% 4,978 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,882 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 888 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 832 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 637 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 killed7,709 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected2,640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,082 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,014 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions1,389 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations332 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Canada Stories reporting people displaced325 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US

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
● Griefa little more than 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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