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The news turned to protests in Bamenda (Cameroon), the cyclone in Bermuda and people displaced in Iran. Cameroon's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelgium 61 in 100 of its 386 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

122 of its 173 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bamenda accounted for 103 of Cameroon's 122 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. 100 of Bamenda's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Bermuda

105 of its 138 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bermuda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

268 of its 559 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

465 of its 620 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Baghdad accounted for 326 of Iraq's 465 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. 315 of Baghdad's 326 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

433 of its 1,187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 107 of Tamaulipas' 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

887 of its 1,680 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 275 of Jerusalem's 458 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

99 of its 188 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Earthquake was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and power cuts. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Eritrea

63 of its 96 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Asmara's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

886 of its 2,555 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Avalanche was named in 138 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Ecuador (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Chile (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Gambia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nigeria (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Japan (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 39,088 stories about harm among 201,164 counted on 7 Sep.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Ecuador's news. In Cameroon, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 September 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. 19 in every 100 of the day's 201,164 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nauru87 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Yemen84 in 100 of its 321 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda76 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq75 in 100 of its 620 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan75 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Idlib Syria367 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1256 Baghdad Iraq315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Jerusalem Israel275 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Washington US246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1790 Delhi India152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLebanon: 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 readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 433 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 417 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,437 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,500 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,175 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,553 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 6,106 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,756 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,586 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,400 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,330 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 killed11,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,058 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,690 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,039 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting evacuations603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions588 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting people displaced311 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill119 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 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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