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Protests in Maputo (Mozambique), illness in Buenos Aires and abductions in Kashmir drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArgentina 49 in 100 of its 297 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Mozambique

48 of its 75 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Maputo accounted for 43 of Mozambique's 48 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 39 of Maputo's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Health

Argentina

145 of its 297 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Buenos Aires accounted for 124 of Argentina's 145 stories about harm, carried by 466 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

98 of its 214 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

82 of its 130 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Havana accounted for 43 of Cuba's 82 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 65 of Iran's 118 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

14 of its 52 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 8 of Sofia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

50 of its 66 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

71 of its 165 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

74 of its 226 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in South Africa (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Azerbaijan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Mexico (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 16,650 stories about harm among 98,193 counted on 8 Nov.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 98,193 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Chile's news. On 9 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. Mozambique stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Lebanon66 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique64 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Cuba63 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Maputo Mozambique39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Jerusalem Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Philadelphia US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 · 98 stories about harm ● Argentina about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 360 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 93 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,892 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,169 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,729 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,068 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 731 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 642 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 325 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 killed3,499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,886 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured837 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions222 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about half the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about half the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US

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 softer 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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