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10,084 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Khanyar, flooding in Venezuela and protests in Chapare (Bolivia). Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 80 in 100 of its 179 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

144 of its 179 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Khanyar accounted for 57 of Kashmir's 144 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Khanyar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Valencia accounted for 39 of Venezuela's 42 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.

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

Spain

184 of its 424 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

117 of its 223 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 74 of Iran's 117 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

308 of its 908 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 85 of Abuja's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 97 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Polio was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

82 of its 234 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Greece

42 of its 173 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Palestine (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Israel (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 10,084 stories about harm among 57,037 counted on 2 Nov.

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In Kashmir, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 57,037 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir80 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon62 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela58 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Abuja Nigeria85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Tehran Iran33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Dhaka Bangladesh24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 371 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,630 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,396 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,673 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence16% 1,595 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 586 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 364 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 355 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 204 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 killed2,771 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured841 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions197 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 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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