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A disaster in Almaty, protests in South Vietnam (Vietnam) and rights and justice in Banjul drew the news. Kazakhstan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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 · about as usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 50 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

38 of its 76 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Almaty accounted for 28 of Kazakhstan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

132 of its 386 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 46 of South Vietnam's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → South Vietnam stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

17 of its 45 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Banjul accounted for 15 of the Gambia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

39 of its 107 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

161 of its 985 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Dubai accounted for 151 of the United Arab Emirates' 161 stories about harm, carried by 398 outlets. Flooding was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires and drought.

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Health

Ireland

416 of its 1,617 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (169 stories). Illness was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 599 of Israel's 1,826 stories about harm, carried by 976 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (511 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cholera and outbreaks.

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Rights & justice

Mauritius

7 of its 16 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

274 of its 867 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Moscow accounted for 152 of Russia's 274 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in United Arab Emirates (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ireland (84 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in Japan (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about three 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 30 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 20,973 stories about harm among 111,744 counted on 30 Nov.

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Kazakhstan stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 111,744 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the United Arab Emirates' news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. On 30 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel74 in 100 of its 2,453 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Somalia70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan64 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 523 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Jerusalem Israel99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Manhattan US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 New Delhi India69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Moscow Russia60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,826 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Vietnam a little warmer than the world's · 132 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 6,023 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 5,529 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence15% 3,155 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,713 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,051 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 974 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 767 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 410 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 killed5,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,052 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,001 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations144 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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
● 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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