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The day's news pointed at protests in Hiroshima (Japan), violence in Jerusalem and the hunger in Palestine. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.
Protests & strikes
102 of its 416 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 30 of Hiroshima's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Conflict & violence
Jerusalem accounted for 121 of Israel's 470 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Hunger was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Displacement
Gaza accounted for 69 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
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Conflict & violence
124 of its 368 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
95 of its 190 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 95 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Disasters & accidents
69 of its 225 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Displacement
16 of its 72 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Disasters & accidents
28 of its 97 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
drought in Morocco (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in India (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in UK (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in US (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
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For the second day running, the news turned to Japan. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 56,336 stories, as usual. Japan's news was 25% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. In Morocco's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. On 13 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 56,336 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Japan: 102 of its 416 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Israel: Jerusalem accounted for 121 of Israel's 470 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Palestine: Gaza accounted for 69 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Panama: 13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual in Morocco's news. Mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual in Palestine's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Japan. A year earlier, on 13 October 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: too little coverage to read United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: too little coverage to read Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: too little coverage to read Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: too little coverage to read Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: too little coverage to read Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: too little coverage to read Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: too little coverage to read Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: too little coverage to read Dominican Republic: too little coverage to read Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: too little coverage to read N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: too little coverage to read Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: too little coverage to read China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: too little coverage to read Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: too little coverage to read Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Vietnam: warmth about its own usual Slovenia: warmth about its own usual Lebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Japan: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Egypt: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Hiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 139 outlets Naqoura, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 42 outlets Nagasaki, Japan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 69 outlets Kogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outlets Minnesota, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 23 outlets Glasgow, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 26 stories, carried by 107 outlets Wisconsin, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outlets Haryana, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as 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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