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20,869 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to rights and justice in Damascus, a disaster in Grindavik and refugees in Russia. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 73 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 43
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Syria

71 of its 104 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 46 of Syria's 71 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Haiti

61 of its 84 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cite Soleil accounted for 40 of Haiti's 61 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uruguay

26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Montevideo accounted for 26 of Uruguay's 26 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

35 of its 108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

45 of its 126 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

40 of its 93 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in France (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
21 in 10018 in 10018 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov16 Nov18 Oct: 21 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 20 in 10021 Oct: 20 in 10022 Oct: 21 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 20 in 10025 Oct: 19 in 10026 Oct: 19 in 10027 Oct: 19 in 10028 Oct: 20 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 20 in 10031 Oct: 19 in 1001 Nov: 19 in 1002 Nov: 19 in 1003 Nov: 19 in 1004 Nov: 21 in 1005 Nov: 21 in 1006 Nov: 18 in 1007 Nov: 18 in 1008 Nov: 18 in 1009 Nov: 19 in 10010 Nov: 18 in 10011 Nov: 19 in 10012 Nov: 20 in 10013 Nov: 19 in 10014 Nov: 19 in 10015 Nov: 19 in 10016 Nov: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 Nov. 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 20,869 stories about harm among 114,201 counted on 16 Nov.

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Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in France's news. of the day's 114,201 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Syria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. On 16 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti73 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Israel72 in 100 of its 2,907 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Iceland68 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine58 in 100 of its 649 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 655 Jerusalem Israel111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Shifa Israel93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 San Francisco US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Gaza Palestine86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: no storiesSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 31 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Zambia: 40 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 50 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Venezuela: 27 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Vanuatu: 39 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uruguay: 63 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 27 in 100 of its 700 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 68 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 43 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 62 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sri Lanka: 25 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 24 in 100 of its 933 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 64 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sierra Leone: 37 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 35 in 100 of its 209 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Russia: 27 in 100 of its 700 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 25 in 100 of its 714 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 24 in 100 of its 1,585 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Niger: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 34 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mozambique: 35 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mali: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Malawi: 29 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Madagascar: 36 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 43 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Jamaica: 36 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 72 in 100 of its 2,907 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 649 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 47 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 26 in 100 of its 235 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iceland: 68 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 73 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guatemala: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Gambia: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Finland: 40 in 100 of its 119 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 43 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cyprus: 26 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Costa Rica: 35 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)DR Congo: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 35 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 47 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burkina Faso: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belarus: 44 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 31 in 100 of its 260 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bahamas: 32 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 44 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 43 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 649 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 649 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 43 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 43 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 27 in 100 of its 700 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 649 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 43 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 72 in 100 of its 2,907 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 58 in 100 of its 649 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Haiti 73 in 100 of its 84 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Iceland 68 in 100 of its 109 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Syria 68 in 100 of its 104 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Iran 47 in 100 of its 142 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,855 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice24% 4,925 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 3,461 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 986 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 892 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 819 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 816 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 killed4,913 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,138 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions857 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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