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Most of the day's attention went to flooding in Sri Lanka, violence in Binyamina and people killed in Denmark. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.
Disasters & accidents
50 of its 169 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Colombo accounted for 39 of Sri Lanka's 50 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
Conflict & violence
Binyamina accounted for 425 of Israel's 1,030 stories about harm, carried by 716 outlets. Polio was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Health
46 of its 109 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Protests & strikes
15 of its 46 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Rechytsa's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
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Conflict & violence
Gaza accounted for 105 of Palestine's 133 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Polio was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Health
47 of its 208 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
33 of its 129 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Disasters & accidents
14 of its 41 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Rights & justice
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Health
Philippine accounted for 128 of the Philippines' 184 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
poisoning in Russia (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Palestine (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. of the day's 88,572 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the second day running. A year earlier, on 15 October 2023, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Sri Lanka, 30% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual.
18 in every 100 of the day's 88,572 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Sri Lanka: 50 of its 169 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Israel: Binyamina accounted for 425 of Israel's 1,030 stories about harm, carried by 716 outlets. Denmark: 46 of its 109 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Belarus: 15 of its 46 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Sri Lanka's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sri Lanka. A year earlier, on 15 October 2023, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 Vietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: 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: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: about as warm as its own usual or less San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Thailand: warmth about its own usual Saudi Arabia: warmth about its own usual Papua New Guinea: warmth about its own usual New Zealand: warmth about its own usual Malaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Lebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Japan: warmth about its own usual Czechia: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Hiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 17 outlets Naqoura, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 28 outlets Charleston, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 48 outlets Oslo, Norway -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- health: 29 stories, carried by 15 outlets Glasgow, UK -- health: 34 stories, carried by 114 outlets Nadda, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outlets Raleigh, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 22 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 about as 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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