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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, a disaster in Dhaka and people displaced in Kenya. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Conflict & violence
172 of its 243 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
112 of its 268 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 61 of Bangladesh's 112 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
104 of its 379 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
Antananarivo accounted for 50 of Madagascar's 71 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 44 of Antananarivo's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence
19 of its 50 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Baghdad accounted for 16 of Iraq's 19 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Rights & justice
32 of its 61 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Rights & justice
20 of its 56 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Conflict & violence
85 of its 150 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
20 of its 32 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
47 of its 157 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
volcanic eruption in Indonesia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Australia (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Israel (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 94,362 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. Afghanistan's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. On 15 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.
17 in every 100 of the day's 94,362 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Afghanistan: 172 of its 243 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bangladesh: 112 of its 268 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kenya: 104 of its 379 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Madagascar: Antananarivo accounted for 50 of Madagascar's 71 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. Mentions of HIV ran about 4 times their usual in South Africa's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. A year earlier, on 15 October 2024, 18 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: too little coverage to read Yemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: too little coverage to read Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: too little coverage to read 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 Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: 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 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 Namibia: 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: too little coverage to read Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: 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 Ireland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: too little coverage to read Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: too little coverage to read Barbados: too little coverage to read Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 Vietnam: warmth about its own usual Russia: warmth about its own usual Philippines: warmth about its own usual New Zealand: warmth about its own usual Mexico: warmth about its own usual Germany: warmth about its own usual Cuba: warmth about its own usual Azerbaijan: warmth about its own usual Rose Garden, US -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 54 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outlets Illinois, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outlets Sussex, UK -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 21 outlets River Tone, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 18 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 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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