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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Russia, people injured in Germany and rights and justice in Paris. Germany's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Named far more than usualSnowstorms, Nepal 12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual Country that rose mostPortugal harm in its news about 4 times usual (60 stories)
RegionCentral Asia 12 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories mentioning harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Russia

105 of its 267 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Moscow accounted for 64 of Russia's 105 stories mentioning harm, carried by 206 outlets. Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories mentioning harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →

Germany

85 of its 276 stories mentioned people being harmed, about twice usual. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Palestine

55 of its 78 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Gaza accounted for 24 of Palestine's 55 stories mentioning harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Portugal

23 of its 60 stories mentioned people being harmed, about 4 times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

60 of its 144 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 60 stories mentioning harm, carried by 42 outlets.

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Ghana

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Yemen

Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 65 of Iran's 105 stories mentioning harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Nepal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in India (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plane crash in US (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

Harm in the news: about as usual

18 in 100 stories mentioned harm, usually 19; 18 the day before
23 in 10017 in 1003 Oct10 Oct17 Oct24 Oct1 Nov3 Oct: 20 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 19 in 1006 Oct: 19 in 1007 Oct: 19 in 1008 Oct: 20 in 1009 Oct: 20 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 23 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 10013 Oct: 20 in 10014 Oct: 19 in 10015 Oct: 19 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 19 in 10020 Oct: 18 in 10021 Oct: 18 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 18 in 10027 Oct: 18 in 10028 Oct: 17 in 10029 Oct: 18 in 10030 Oct: 18 in 10031 Oct: 18 in 1001 Nov: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 6,335 stories mentioning harm among 35,141 counted on 1 Nov.

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In Nepal's news, mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual. the share of stories mentioning people being harmed was about as usual, at 18 in every 100 of the day's 35,141. Russia's news mentioned people being harmed about as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 3 of 7 days. Over October, 19 in every 100 stories mentioned people being harmed.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestinea little more than usual 71 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 57 Nepalabout as usual 47 in 100 of its 53 stories, usually 48 Cubaabout as usual 46 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 44 Afghanistanabout as usual 45 in 100 of its 60 stories, usually 46 Bangladesha little more than usual 42 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 35

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Biggest events map →

● Moscow Russia attacks & violence · 64 stories, 206 outlets ● Berlin Germany attacks & violence · 29 stories, 152 outlets ● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 65 stories, 124 outlets ● Frankfurt Germany attacks & violence · 28 stories, 54 outlets ● Palm Beach County US accidents & disasters · 40 stories, 97 outlets

Events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets.

The world today

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 114 stories mentioning harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories mentioning harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories mentioning harm

Smaller places few stories

● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories mentioning harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories mentioning harm ● Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 24 stories mentioning harm

Under 50 stories mentioning harm: read with care.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,629 stories · about as usual Health (broad)23% 1,416 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,021 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 941 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 480 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 260 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 247 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 174 stories · about as usual

Of the stories mentioning people being harmed, the part of life their words point to most. Read each against its usual (the mark), not against the others.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed1,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced57 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations42 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and India

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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