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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Mexico City, protests in Hebron (Palestine) and rights and justice in Cairo. Mexico's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 60 in 100 of its 780 stories, usually 34
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

1,932 of its 2,627 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mexico City accounted for 1,626 of Mexico's 1,932 stories about harm, carried by 1,174 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (1,144 stories). Gas explosion was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

250 of its 438 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Hebron accounted for 148 of Palestine's 250 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. 117 of Hebron's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Hebron stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

175 of its 330 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 134 of Egypt's 175 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. HIV was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

1,080 of its 2,548 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Landslides were named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

471 of its 780 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 247 of Israel's 471 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 162 of Jerusalem's 247 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

405 of its 1,307 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Cholera was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 8 of Buea's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

137 of its 367 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 97 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 12 of Darfur's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Togo

16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 11 of Bafilo's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (97 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Russia (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Puerto Rico (160 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in China (41 of its stories, about 7 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 23 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 28,410 stories about harm among 119,246 counted on 23 Sep.

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The news turned to Mexico for the fifth day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 119,246 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 23 September 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Mexico's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan90 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 70 · mostly displacement Myanmar83 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico81 in 100 of its 1,338 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria79 in 100 of its 713 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Dominica76 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Berkeley US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Jerusalem Israel162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1214 Chesterfield Mall US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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 readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 warm as the world'sIreland: 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 a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Colombia about three times as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,932 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 250 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 515 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents28% 7,724 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 7,002 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence18% 5,077 stories · about as usual Health17% 4,702 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,147 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,043 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 913 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 322 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 killed8,659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,547 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees944 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Syria Stories reporting evacuations833 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Puerto Rico and the US Stories reporting people displaced484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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