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The news turned to deaths in Conqueiros, a disaster in Dhaka and violence in Beirut. Portugal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
93 of its 200 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Conqueiros accounted for 47 of Portugal's 93 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
130 of its 261 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 130 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
64 of its 121 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 43 of Lebanon's 64 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
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Conflict & violence
195 of its 567 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 149 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Protests & strikes
11 of its 42 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 4 of Bishkek's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Rights & justice
52 of its 211 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Protests & strikes
4 of Dar es Salaam's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Mexico (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); rabies in Vietnam (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Venezuela (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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Portugal's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 96,837 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. In Mexico's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual.
19 in every 100 of the day's 96,837 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Portugal: 93 of its 200 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bangladesh: 130 of its 261 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lebanon: 64 of its 121 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Algeria: 12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Mexico's news. Mentions of rabies ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 23 October 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: too little coverage to read Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: about as warm as its own usual or less U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or less United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: too little coverage to read Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: too little coverage to read Spain: too little coverage to read South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: too little coverage to read Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: too little coverage to read Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: too little coverage to read Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: too little coverage to read Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: too little coverage to read Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: too little coverage to read Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: too little coverage to read Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: too little coverage to read Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: about as warm as its own usual or less Nauru: about as warm as its own usual or less Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Vietnam: warmth about its own usual Namibia: warmth about its own usual Iraq: warmth about its own usual Greece: warmth about its own usual Argentina: warmth about its own usual Indiana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets Elizabeth City, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 62 outlets Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 19 stories, carried by 16 outlets Athens, Greece -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets Glasgow, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 17 outlets Zurich, Switzerland -- health: 24 stories, carried by 20 outlets Rome, Italy -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outlets Manchester, UK -- health: 60 stories, carried by 155 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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