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The news turned to landslides in Albania, violence in Sanaa and people killed in Brazil. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 60 in 100 of its 187 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Disasters & accidents

Albania

76 of its 106 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tirana accounted for 70 of Albania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

440 of its 509 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 247 of Yemen's 440 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Brazil

364 of its 981 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Measles was named in 222 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

109 of its 163 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with rabies and wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

693 of its 835 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 472 of Afghanistan's 693 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

76 of its 149 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

113 of its 187 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

62 of its 98 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Cyclone was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guam

16 of its 58 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Dominican Republic (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Somalia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Rwanda (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Jordan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
27 in 10020 in 10012 Sep19 Sep26 Sep3 Oct11 Oct12 Sep: 22 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 20 in 10015 Sep: 21 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 22 in 10018 Sep: 27 in 10019 Sep: 24 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 21 in 10024 Sep: 23 in 10025 Sep: 23 in 10026 Sep: 20 in 10027 Sep: 21 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 22 in 1002 Oct: 23 in 1003 Oct: 21 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 21 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 24 in 1009 Oct: 26 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 57,203 stories about harm among 266,729 counted on 11 Oct.

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Albania's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 266,729 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi93 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Yemen86 in 100 of its 509 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 835 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti80 in 100 of its 1,462 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Ethiopia78 in 100 of its 671 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Morton County US415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 415 Washington US398 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1579 Aleppo Syria351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 North Dakota US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Chicago US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 630

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than 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'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSan Marino: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 693 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 605 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,646 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,945 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health22% 12,312 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 10,422 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 10,117 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,012 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,895 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,764 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 814 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 killed17,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,752 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations1,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,033 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Germany Stories reporting abductions501 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced434 at about half the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting people falling ill383 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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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