The day's news pointed at the hurricane in Mexico, violence in Kupwara and arrests in Qatar. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
268 of its 643 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Acapulco accounted for 203 of Mexico's 268 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Hurricane was named in 215 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, landslides and power cuts.
64 of its 157 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kupwara accounted for 37 of Kashmir's 64 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 81 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
51 of its 128 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
41 of its 74 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 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.
Also named far more than usual:
volcanic eruption in Peru (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in New Zealand (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 22,787 stories about harm among 117,175 counted on 26 Oct.
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It was the second day running that the news turned to Mexico. of the day's 117,175 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 26 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 117,175 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20).
Mexico: 268 of its 643 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%.
Kashmir: 64 of its 157 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
Qatar: 72 of its 210 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%.
Albania: 8 of its 15 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%.
Mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual in Mexico's news.
Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 9 times their usual in Peru's news.
Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Mexico.
A year earlier, on 26 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
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