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The day's news pointed at protests in Mexico City (Mexico), a disaster in Tripoli and violence in Jammu. Mexico's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 37 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Protests & strikes

Mexico

75 of its 205 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mexico City accounted for 43 of Mexico's 75 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 40 of Mexico City's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tripoli accounted for 16 of Libya's 23 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

56 of its 112 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jammu accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Congo

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 3 of Kocani's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

84 of its 214 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Ethiopia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

15 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 7,664 stories about harm among 49,814 counted on 16 Nov.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 15 in every 100 of the day's 49,814 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 15 today. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine57 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir50 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica43 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel40 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Charlotte US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Mexico City Mexico40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Dhaka Bangladesh27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 San Francisco US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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 readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Mexico about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Ireland about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,052 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 1,693 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,505 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,105 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 471 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 240 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 214 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 212 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 killed1,984 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests907 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured683 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees123 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Libya Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations71 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.