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The news turned to protests in Chemnitz (Germany), rights and justice in Orange Walk and violence in Tripoli. Argentina's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 81 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Germany

577 of its 1,675 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 298 of Chemnitz's 414 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Chemnitz stories →
Rights & justice

Belize

172 of its 212 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Orange Walk accounted for 169 of Belize's 172 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Orange Walk stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

577 of its 653 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tripoli accounted for 556 of Libya's 577 stories about harm, carried by 464 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (241 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Food & livelihood

Argentina

166 of its 421 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Drought was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Myanmar

653 of its 718 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Yangon accounted for 609 of Myanmar's 653 stories about harm, carried by 750 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

266 of its 541 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

476 of its 1,039 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (289 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Malaysia

370 of its 1,004 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 114 of Kuala Lumpur's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uganda

281 of its 411 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kampala accounted for 226 of Uganda's 281 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 134 of Kampala's 226 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

103 of its 131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 83 of Somalia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (74 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Greece (36 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (1436 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 30,789 stories about harm among 143,299 counted on 3 Sep.

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The news turned to Germany for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 143,299 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Argentina's news, mentions of the drought ran about 9 times their usual. On 3 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 21 today. Germany's news was 34% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar91 in 100 of its 718 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Libya88 in 100 of its 653 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Belize81 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Somalia79 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chemnitz Germany298 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Yangon Myanmar275 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Grant Town US256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Chicago US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Kampala Uganda134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about twice as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than 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'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNauru: coverage a little warmer 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

● Netherlands about three times as fearful as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 441 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,747 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 6,575 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,914 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,860 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,993 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,174 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,057 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,019 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 killed9,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,513 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees996 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and Nauru Stories reporting people displaced332 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Libya and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations157 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill94 at about the usual rate

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 softer than 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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