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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Tunis, arrests in Yemen and protests in Montevideo (Uruguay). Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUruguay 66 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 8
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Tunisia

64 of its 79 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 62 of Tunisia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

157 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Malaria was named in 23 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. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Japan

623 of its 2,229 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (229 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

92 of its 287 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

156 of its 281 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jammu accounted for 100 of Kashmir's 156 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

20 of its 61 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 9 of Tbilisi's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

465 of its 940 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (281 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

521 of its 653 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in South Sudan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Netherlands (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Italy (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 22 the day before
28 in 10020 in 10012 Sep19 Sep26 Sep3 Oct11 Oct12 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 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 1004 Oct: 24 in 1005 Oct: 23 in 1006 Oct: 23 in 1007 Oct: 27 in 1008 Oct: 26 in 1009 Oct: 22 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 44,810 stories about harm among 213,580 counted on 11 Oct.

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The Cook Islands' news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Tunisia. of the day's 213,580 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Tunisia stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Vanuatu81 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia81 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria80 in 100 of its 653 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar66 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sonoma US428 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2205 Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1751 Madrid Spain287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Nuevo Leon Mexico138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Jefferson City US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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'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'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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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 readAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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 fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNauru: 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

● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● El Salvador few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Madagascar few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Vietnam about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 358 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,318 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents22% 9,651 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,680 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 7,664 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,152 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,444 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,177 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 780 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 killed13,971 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,027 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,476 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting evacuations891 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Vanuatu Stories reporting refugees748 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Palestine Stories reporting abductions388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced284 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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