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16,033 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Jerusalem, a disaster in Dhaka and violence in Kabul drew the news. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 46 in 100 of its 293 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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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Rights & justice

Israel

1,358 of its 1,886 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 302 of Israel's 1,358 stories about harm, carried by 432 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (866 stories). Illness was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

136 of its 293 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 77 of Bangladesh's 136 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

62 of its 104 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Maldives

12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hepatitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv.

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

Venezuela

106 of its 191 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

90 of its 288 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Flooding was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and dengue.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

51 of its 124 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 51 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Madagascar

Antananarivo accounted for 90 of Madagascar's 107 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. 87 of Antananarivo's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

23 of its 61 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malaysia

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Mexico (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Malaysia (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in US (117 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Oct. 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 16,033 stories about harm among 88,957 counted on 14 Oct.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 88,957 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Israel. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Mexico's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 1,886 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Sudan69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela55 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 475 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 459 Antananarivo Madagascar87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Chicago US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Los Angeles US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualEastbourne, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 30 stories, carried by 86 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsMerthyr Tydfil, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 18 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsKolkata, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 75 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

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.

Warmest news

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Eastbourne UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 30 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 4,652 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,000 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,740 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,099 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 738 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 605 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 574 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 273 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 killed4,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,161 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people injured768 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Austria

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.