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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

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: 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 usualTajikistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 16 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 24 outletsToronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 50 stories, carried by 40 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 13 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

● Tajikistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 50 stories

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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