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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.
Protests & strikes
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.
Health
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.
Conflict & violence
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.
Disasters & accidents
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).
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Conflict & violence
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.
Conflict & violence
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.
Protests & strikes
14 of its 52 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 8 of Sofia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Displacement
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.
Rights & justice
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).
Rights & justice
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).
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).
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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%.
17 in every 100 of the day's 98,193 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Mozambique: 48 of its 75 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Argentina: 145 of its 297 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kashmir: 98 of its 214 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cuba: 82 of its 130 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Chile's news. Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in Azerbaijan's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Mozambique. A year earlier, on 9 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read 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 Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Tunisia: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: too little coverage to read Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: too little coverage to read Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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 Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: too little coverage to read 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: 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 Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cuba: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read 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: 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: too little coverage to read 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: 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: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Uganda: warmth about its own usual Türkiye: warmth about its own usual South Sudan: warmth about its own usual South Africa: warmth about its own usual Nigeria: warmth about its own usual Namibia: warmth about its own usual Malaysia: warmth about its own usual Lebanon: warmth about its own usual Ireland: warmth about its own usual Belize: warmth about its own usual Azerbaijan: warmth about its own usual Afghanistan: warmth about its own usual Istanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 20 outlets Adelaide, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 73 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 27 outlets Karachi, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outlets Sopore, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 17 outlets Stanford, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outlets Cape Town, South Africa -- health: 43 stories, carried by 61 outlets Jammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 29 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 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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