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The day's news pointed at violence in Kidal, protests in Conakry (Guinea) and a disaster in Jajarkot. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.
Conflict & violence
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kidal accounted for 21 of Mali's 27 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Protests & strikes
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Conakry accounted for 11 of Guinea's 12 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 6 of Conakry's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
Disasters & accidents
76 of its 127 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jajarkot accounted for 51 of Nepal's 76 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets.
Health
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes
13 of Madrid's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Protests & strikes
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Antananarivo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Conflict & violence
39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
15 of its 33 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
hunger in Sudan (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ukraine (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 October 2023. In Mali, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,182 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 7 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 114,182 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20). Mali: 27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guinea: 12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Nepal: 76 of its 127 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Philippines: Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Sudan's news. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 October 2023. A year earlier, on 7 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: too little coverage to read Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Namibia: 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 Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read 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 Iraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: too little coverage to read N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Hong Kong: too little coverage to read Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: too little coverage to read Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: too little coverage to read 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 Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read 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 South Sudan: warmth about its own usual Spain: warmth about its own usual Nepal: warmth about its own usual Mexico: warmth about its own usual Iran: warmth about its own usual Germany: warmth about its own usual Kidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 31 outlets Oregon, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outlets Bristol, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 29 outlets Accra, Ghana -- health: 25 stories, carried by 14 outlets Kentucky, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outlets Brantford, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 17 outlets Athens, Greece -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outlets Kaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 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 much softer than usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angera little less than 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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