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19,908 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Freetown, illness in Lusaka and rights and justice in Moscow. Russia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSierra Leone 59 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 38
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

55 of its 94 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Freetown accounted for 49 of Sierra Leone's 55 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Health

Zambia

21 of its 50 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Lusaka accounted for 16 of Zambia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

Moscow accounted for 124 of Russia's 201 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Djibo accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 26 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 434 of Israel's 1,760 stories about harm, carried by 631 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (548 stories). Accidents were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

335 of its 1,014 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, polio and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

44 of its 147 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in United Arab Emirates (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 19,908 stories about harm among 107,587 counted on 28 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Sierra Leone. of the day's 107,587 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the United Arab Emirates' news mentioned the flu about 7 times as often as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 28 November 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 2,452 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Sudan61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 66 · mostly displacement Sierra Leone59 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 520 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Jerusalem Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Dublin Ireland55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Manhattan US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Gaza Palestine42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualManila, Philippines -- health: 39 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsIdaho, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsColorado, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 80 outletsLusaka, Zambia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsUttarkashi, India -- displacement: 107 stories, carried by 124 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

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.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Manila Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,931 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice28% 5,429 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,726 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,333 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 961 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 801 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 716 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 608 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 killed4,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured993 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of 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.

● Angera little less than 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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