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The news turned to heavy rain in Indonesia, protests in Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) and violence in Damascus. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 82 in 100 of its 211 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

119 of its 189 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Sumatra accounted for 51 of Indonesia's 119 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (15 stories). Heavy rain was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sumatra stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea-Bissau

23 of its 49 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bissau accounted for 23 of Guinea-Bissau's 23 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 12 of Bissau's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

Guinea-Bissau over 30 days → its stories → Bissau stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

47 of its 73 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Damascus accounted for 41 of Syria's 47 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

173 of its 211 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Colombo accounted for 110 of Sri Lanka's 173 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Cyclone was named in 140 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

140 of its 207 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

127 of its 344 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 107 of Ukraine's 127 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

98 of its 339 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 62 of Palestine's 117 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

67 of its 135 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Sri Lanka (140 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (141 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (151 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 8,734 stories about harm among 47,027 counted on 29 Nov.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 October 2025. of the day's 47,027 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 16. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual in Sri Lanka's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka82 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong68 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria64 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia63 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine58 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Islamabad Pakistan21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Giessen Germany19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19 Newark US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Delhi India16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190

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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSlovakia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualManipur, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsMichigan, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- shelter & services: 20 stories, carried by 117 outletsKebbi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 30 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 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

● Manipur India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Michigan US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 20 stories ● Kebbi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Kano Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 2,156 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health22% 1,891 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice21% 1,803 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence15% 1,285 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 482 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 306 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 298 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 206 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 killed2,348 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,577 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured711 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees163 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Indonesia Stories reporting evacuations100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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