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The day's news pointed at violence in Paris, protests in Buea (Cameroon) and people killed in the Bahamas. the Bahamas' coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was 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 lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 84 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 49
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

France

866 of its 1,948 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 624 of France's 866 stories about harm, carried by 642 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (681 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

72 of its 128 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 38 of Buea's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Buea stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

110 of its 131 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

South Korea

112 of its 326 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Seoul accounted for 95 of South Korea's 112 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 79 of Seoul's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

127 of its 178 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

67 of Niger Delta's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Polio was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

56 of its 133 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 15 of Kwun Tong's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

65 of its 71 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Ambae accounted for 56 of Vanuatu's 65 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

126 of its 220 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Puerto Rico (109 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Australia (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 23 the day before
33 in 10020 in 1002 Sep9 Sep16 Sep23 Sep1 Oct2 Sep: 26 in 1003 Sep: 27 in 1004 Sep: 25 in 1005 Sep: 24 in 1006 Sep: 23 in 1007 Sep: 25 in 1008 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 24 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 23 in 10019 Sep: 23 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 23 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 24 in 10024 Sep: 24 in 10025 Sep: 20 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 10028 Sep: 22 in 10029 Sep: 23 in 10030 Sep: 23 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,862 stories about harm among 93,380 counted on 1 Oct.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 93,380 stories, below the usual 25. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. In France, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Sri Lanka, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them. Over September, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in September 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu92 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Bahamas84 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria83 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen70 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain374 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Madrid Spain160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 626 Beijing China83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Las Vegas US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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'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'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 Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Bahamas about three times as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● France about three times as angry as the world's · 866 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 10 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 4,744 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 4,532 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence20% 3,970 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,186 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,352 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 759 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 566 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 379 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 killed6,252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests2,064 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,971 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations393 at about half the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting refugees393 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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