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10,036 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), violence in Beirut and illness in Vang Vieng. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Laos →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 84 in 100 of its 220 stories, usually 64
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

331 of its 747 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Islamabad accounted for 109 of Pakistan's 331 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 80 of Islamabad's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

184 of its 220 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Beirut accounted for 165 of Lebanon's 184 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Laos

62 of its 100 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Vang Vieng accounted for 49 of Laos' 62 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

179 of its 749 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, power cuts and storms.

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

Mali

11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

140 of its 307 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 80 of the Philippines' 140 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Canada

36 of Montreal's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

357 of its 502 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Angola

6 of its 12 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Luanda's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in UK (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in US (71 of its stories, about 4 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 23 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 10,036 stories about harm among 57,583 counted on 23 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Laos. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 57,583 stories, as usual. Pakistan's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 24 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon84 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Laos62 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Palestine54 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines46 in 100 of its 307 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Montreal Canada36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Baku Azerbaijan22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Kremlin Russia22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Lebanon about three times as angry as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 357 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 331 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Laos about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,706 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,482 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,708 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,477 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 532 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 438 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 296 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 215 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 killed2,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured815 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions229 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Laos Stories reporting evacuations77 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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