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Violence in Ankara, tropical storm in the Philippines and protests in Nuuk (Greenland) drew the news. Türkiye's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Conflict & violence
328 of its 500 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ankara accounted for 262 of Türkiye's 328 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Disasters & accidents
342 of its 726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Philippine accounted for 157 of the Philippines' 342 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Tropical storm was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and cyclone.
Protests & strikes
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Nuuk's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Food & livelihood
27 of its 82 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence
Gaza accounted for 112 of Palestine's 144 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Polio was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
7 of Sao Paulo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Conflict & violence
63 of its 191 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
Disasters & accidents
58 of its 139 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
Conflict & violence
64 of its 162 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
illness in Norway (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Palestine (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Germany (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. of the day's 107,277 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Türkiye stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. On 24 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 107,277 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Türkiye: 328 of its 500 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Philippines: 342 of its 726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Greenland: 16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Peru: 27 of its 82 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. Mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual in India's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 24 October 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: too little coverage to read Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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 Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: too little coverage to read South Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: about as warm as its own usual or less Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read 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 Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: too little coverage to read 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 Lebanon: 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: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Japan: 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: 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 Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: too little coverage to read 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: 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: 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 Bangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Zimbabwe: warmth about its own usual Sri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Russia: warmth about its own usual Nepal: warmth about its own usual Guyana: warmth about its own usual Berkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outlets Swanage, UK -- displacement: 56 stories, carried by 166 outlets Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 48 outlets Arizona, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outlets Alabama, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 22 outlets Harare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 19 outlets Cape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 16 outlets Calgary, Canada -- health: 38 stories, carried by 16 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.