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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

how these are picked →
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.

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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.

its stories →
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.

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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualWoodchurch, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 46 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 26 outletsMichoacan, Mexico -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 20 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

● Woodchurch UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Michoacan Mexico about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

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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