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The news turned to protests in Mogadishu (Somalia), a disaster in Budapest and people falling ill in French Polynesia. French Polynesia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGabon 81 in 100 of its 1,121 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Somalia

284 of its 327 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 196 of Somalia's 284 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. 150 of Mogadishu's 196 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

161 of its 321 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Budapest accounted for 139 of Hungary's 161 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

270 of its 557 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Gabon

907 of its 1,121 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Libreville accounted for 777 of Gabon's 907 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. 728 of Libreville's 777 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (517 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

558 of its 775 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Caracas accounted for 523 of Venezuela's 558 stories about harm, carried by 457 outlets. 460 of Caracas' 523 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (327 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Angola

41 of its 87 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 7 of Luanda's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

314 of Damascus' 436 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (395 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

47 of Baramulla's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 11 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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Health

Uzbekistan

166 of its 237 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tashkent accounted for 152 of Uzbekistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in New Zealand (416 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Angola (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Eritrea (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in US (2937 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Sep. 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 59,056 stories about harm among 283,423 counted on 1 Sep.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. 21 in every 100 of the day's 283,423 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Somalia. Somalia stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 63%. Over August, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia87 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Gabon81 in 100 of its 1,121 stories · usually 12 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 1,391 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Libreville Gabon728 stories about protests or strikes, of its 777 Caracas Venezuela460 stories about protests or strikes, of its 523 Damascus Syria314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 436 Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1382 Albuquerque US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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'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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● French Polynesia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,095 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,606 stories · about as usual Health23% 13,397 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents17% 10,086 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 9,617 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,310 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,955 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,687 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,141 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 killed15,468 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests7,978 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,556 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Gabon Stories reporting refugees1,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced790 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions708 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations615 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill263 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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