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The day's news pointed at protests in Aleppo (Syria), rights and justice in Montevideo and road crashes in Tajikistan. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 60 in 100 of its 815 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

1,897 of its 2,355 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,129 of Syria's 1,897 stories about harm, carried by 709 outlets. 753 of Aleppo's 1,129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (645 stories). Heatwave was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Uruguay

117 of its 128 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Montevideo accounted for 109 of Uruguay's 117 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories → Montevideo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tajikistan

40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dushanbe accounted for 34 of Tajikistan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Road crashes were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories → Dushanbe stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

124 of its 494 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Ouagadougou's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

80 of its 170 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 16 of Oromo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

491 of its 815 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Panama

72 of its 143 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Panama City accounted for 59 of Panama's 72 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

155 of its 299 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Drought was named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Displacement

Sudan

306 of its 375 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (280 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in North Korea (93 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Thailand (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 53,269 stories about harm among 262,515 counted on 16 Sep.

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North Korea's news mentioned the drought about 8 times as often as usual. Syria's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%. of the day's 262,515 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uruguay91 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 79 · mostly food & livelihood Sudan82 in 100 of its 375 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Syria81 in 100 of its 2,355 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan78 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria753 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1129 Washington US461 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3073 Los Angeles US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Delhi India245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 New York US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 969

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readHong 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBolivia: 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'sAustralia: 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: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,256 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Philippines about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 725 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as fearful as the world's · 279 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 306 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,916 stories · about as usual Health22% 11,713 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence18% 9,600 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 7,263 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,242 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,116 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,736 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,714 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 killed15,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,031 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced1,073 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Sudan Stories reporting abductions561 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations240 at about a third of the usual rate · most about France and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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