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13,842 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to illness in Moscow, abductions in Israel and arrests in Poland. Russia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRussia 57 in 100 of its 764 stories, usually 30
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Russia

436 of its 764 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 172 of Russia's 436 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Plague was named in 309 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with respiratory illness, outbreaks and measles. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

643 of its 919 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (265 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

44 of its 104 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Kenya

152 of its 358 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Nairobi accounted for 95 of Kenya's 152 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Ebola was named in 107 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with outbreaks.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

163 of its 295 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 94 of Ukraine's 163 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

158 of its 386 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Riyadh accounted for 88 of Saudi Arabia's 158 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

117 of its 191 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 69 of Palestine's 117 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Azerbaijan

38 of its 129 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. 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: ebola in Kenya (107 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in US (320 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in India (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Canada (10 of its stories, about three 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 7 Oct. 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 13,842 stories about harm among 71,751 counted on 7 Oct.

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Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Nigeria. of the day's 71,751 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. It was the third day running that the news turned to Russia. In Russia, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel70 in 100 of its 919 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Russia57 in 100 of its 764 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Nepal57 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Ukraine55 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Paris France116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Jerusalem Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & 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 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsHorn Island, US -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 43 outletsBurnham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 102 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsOwerri, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 37 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 33 stories, carried by 32 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

● North Waziristan Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Horn Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories ● Burnham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,680 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice27% 3,611 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,137 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,959 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 741 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 647 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 517 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed3,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions468 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about India and Russia

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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