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The news turned to illness in Vang Vieng, arrests in Israel and a disaster in Grindavik. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLaos 58 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Laos

112 of its 192 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vang Vieng accounted for 101 of Laos' 112 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

702 of its 1,036 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Hunger was named in 252 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Finland

35 of its 91 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

67 of its 127 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Juba accounted for 16 of South Sudan's 22 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

129 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 99 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Nicaragua

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Morocco

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (158 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 16,854 stories about harm among 99,497 counted on 22 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Laos. of the day's 99,497 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Laos stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 23 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine70 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 1,036 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon66 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Laos58 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 487 Islamabad Pakistan43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Moscow Russia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Manhattan US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer 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'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 702 stories about harm ● Laos about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,903 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,342 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,648 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,100 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 761 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 706 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 569 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 402 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 killed3,796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations106 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill92 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 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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