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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tirana (Albania) and people injured in Palestine and Italy. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.
Protests & strikes
27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 24 of Albania's 27 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 22 of Tirana's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
114 of its 185 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Health
71 of its 366 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Disasters & accidents
19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Typhoon was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.
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Protests & strikes
5 of its 12 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 4 of Ljubljana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Health
37 of its 104 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
Disasters & accidents
35 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Rights & justice
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
35 of its 109 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Rights & justice
9 of its 29 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Albania. of the day's 68,701 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Albania stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Mentions of the typhoon ran about three times their usual in Guam's news. On 16 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 68,701 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Albania: 27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Palestine: 114 of its 185 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Italy: 71 of its 366 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Guam: 19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Mentions of the typhoon ran about three times their usual in Guam's news. Mentions of flooding ran about 10 times their usual in Türkiye's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Albania. A year earlier, on 16 October 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: about as warm as its own usual or less U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: too little coverage to read United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to read Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Tanzania: too little coverage to read Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: too little coverage to read Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: too little coverage to read Sierra Leone: too little coverage to read Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: too little coverage to read Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Namibia: too little coverage to read Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: too little coverage to read Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: too little coverage to read Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: too little coverage to read Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: too little coverage to read Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: too little coverage to read Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: too little coverage to read Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: too little coverage to read DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: too little coverage to read Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: too little coverage to read Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: too little coverage to read Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: about as warm as its own usual or less St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: about as warm as its own usual or less Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Thailand: warmth about its own usual Poland: warmth about its own usual Philippines: warmth about its own usual Panama: warmth about its own usual Nigeria: warmth about its own usual Nepal: warmth about its own usual India: warmth about its own usual Ghana: warmth about its own usual Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Abuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 15 outlets Edinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outlets Tigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 20 outlets Beijing, China -- health: 21 stories, carried by 32 outlets Florida, US -- health: 36 stories, carried by 33 outlets Wisconsin, US -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 11 outlets Lagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 12 outlets Bangkok, Thailand -- food & livelihood: 36 stories, carried by 88 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.