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The news turned to protests in Paris (France), violence in Shabwa and people killed in Kenya. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFrance 47 in 100 of its 1,203 stories, usually 23
RegionEurope 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

571 of its 1,203 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Paris accounted for 433 of France's 571 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. 384 of Paris' 433 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (355 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

79 of its 87 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Shabwa accounted for 55 of Yemen's 79 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Shabwa stories →
Health

Kenya

161 of its 378 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

553 of its 2,049 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (200 stories). Wildfires were named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Albania

29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tirana accounted for 27 of Albania's 29 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 25 of Tirana's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

43 of its 68 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Sofia accounted for 41 of Bulgaria's 43 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

131 of its 208 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 81 of Palestine's 131 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Czechia

85 of its 323 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Covid was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Spain

97 of its 355 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

50 of its 157 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Czechia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 5 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 19 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 12,123 stories about harm among 62,802 counted on 19 Oct.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to France. of the day's 62,802 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kenya's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. France's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. A year earlier, on 19 October 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria63 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba55 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France384 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Delhi India137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Mumbai India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 fearful 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Tajikistan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 7 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,066 stories · about as usual Health25% 2,945 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,896 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,876 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 752 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 590 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 469 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 276 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 killed3,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,179 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and India Stories reporting abductions96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting people displaced96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Sweden

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
● 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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