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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.

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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 readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 34 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 62 stories, carried by 63 outletsNorth Vietnam, Vietnam -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 250 outletsLubbock, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 28 stories, carried by 14 outletsRhode Island, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 32 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 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

● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Manipur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 62 stories ● North Vietnam Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Lubbock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 28 stories

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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