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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), illness in Kigali and violence in Gaza. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Lebanon → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 56 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 25
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

296 of its 605 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Islamabad accounted for 140 of Pakistan's 296 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 97 of Islamabad's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Health

Rwanda

31 of its 34 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kigali accounted for 17 of Rwanda's 31 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

145 of its 195 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Gaza accounted for 115 of Palestine's 145 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

64 of its 114 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Samoa

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Upolu accounted for 21 of Samoa's 25 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,166 of its 1,585 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (422 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 179 of Lebanon's 224 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

118 of its 367 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

55 of its 137 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and storm surge.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Mexico (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (440 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in UK (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Oct. 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 10,337 stories about harm among 48,671 counted on 6 Oct.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 14 July 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 48,671 stories, above the usual 19. Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Pakistan for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Rwanda, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine74 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel74 in 100 of its 1,585 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon67 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand56 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Pakistan49 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Tel Aviv Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Delhi India52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Washington US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Kolkata India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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 lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualWrexham, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsKelowna, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 38 outletsWatauga County, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 86 outletsParis, France -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsPennsylvania, US -- conflict & violence: 100 stories, carried by 318 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 20 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsManila, Philippines -- health: 24 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

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

Warmest events

● Wrexham UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kelowna Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Watauga County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Paris France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 100 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents23% 2,392 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice22% 2,198 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,128 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence20% 2,086 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Displacement4% 444 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 380 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 282 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 282 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 killed3,067 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,354 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured1,006 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions623 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced381 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations206 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about the usual rate

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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