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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), landslides in Kenya and power cuts in Russia. Ireland's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNigeria 50 in 100 of its 845 stories, usually 26
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

41 of its 57 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 22 of Tanzania's 41 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 16 of Dar es Salaam's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories).

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

57 of its 155 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and flooding. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

105 of its 311 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Ireland

135 of its 536 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Nigeria

426 of its 845 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 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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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

94 of its 210 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Shelter & services

Ukraine

59 of its 117 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

France

115 of its 385 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Paris accounted for 109 of France's 115 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (92 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Greece

40 of its 122 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

UK

911 of its 3,466 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Italy (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (16 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 2 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 7,506 stories about harm among 45,429 counted on 2 Nov.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Tanzania. of the day's 45,429 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Tanzania stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 2 November 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Tanzania72 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Cuba67 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Jamaica62 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel58 in 100 of its 436 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Chicago US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Dar es Salaam Tanzania16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 22 Huntingdon UK16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readNigeria: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualSt Helens, UK -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsDar es Salaam, Tanzania -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 33 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 23 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 29 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 38 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 24 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 175 outletsBoston, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 46 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● St Helens UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Dar es Salaam Tanzania about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 2,063 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 1,380 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health19% 1,374 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,352 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 493 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 322 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 223 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 161 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 killed2,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,350 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people injured837 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions150 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced126 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees74 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica Stories reporting people falling ill7 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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