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The day's news pointed at road crashes in Afghanistan, protests in Aleppo (Syria) and tropical storm in Jersey. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 64 in 100 of its 185 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

454 of its 546 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 373 of Afghanistan's 454 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (361 stories). Road crashes were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

1,103 of its 1,294 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 746 of Syria's 1,103 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. 461 of Aleppo's 746 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Conflict & violence

Jersey

56 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Tropical storm was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Jersey over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malaysia

259 of its 682 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and chikungunya.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Hungary

119 of its 185 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Budapest accounted for 107 of Hungary's 119 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 106 of Budapest's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

82 of its 96 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Libreville accounted for 77 of Gabon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 43 of Libreville's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Germany

510 of its 1,348 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 186 of Berlin's 331 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (368 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

818 of its 1,656 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (318 stories). Tsunami was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

80 of its 101 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Peten accounted for 79 of Guatemala's 80 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 79 of Peten's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

42 of its 44 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Madagascar (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Japan (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 31,392 stories about harm among 132,165 counted on 4 Sep.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 132,165 stories, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Gabon, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Gabon85 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 1,294 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 546 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria461 stories about protests or strikes, of its 746 Morton County US318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Beijing China244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Dhaka Bangladesh217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Berlin Germany186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBermuda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● South Sudan about three times as warm as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 346 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 454 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 8,459 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 7,115 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 5,982 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health15% 4,655 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,518 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,223 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,124 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 878 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 killed9,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,520 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people injured4,252 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees891 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting abductions609 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations235 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about a third of 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 softer 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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