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The day's news pointed at protests in Tripoli (Libya), violence in Mogadishu and plane crash in South Sudan. Somalia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 55 in 100 of its 300 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 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

Libya

463 of its 541 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Tripoli accounted for 421 of Libya's 463 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. 269 of Tripoli's 421 stories were about protests or strikes. Natural hazards were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

305 of its 336 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Mogadishu accounted for 278 of Somalia's 305 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

82 of its 103 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Plane crash was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

164 of its 300 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vienna accounted for 151 of Austria's 164 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Iran

320 of its 706 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

749 of its 2,190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

242 of its 349 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Phnom Penh accounted for 165 of Cambodia's 242 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Sudan

232 of its 296 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 186 of Sudan's 232 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Russia

849 of its 2,650 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 532 of Moscow's 575 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (253 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

411 of its 541 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. 171 of Baghdad's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in Congo (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Guam (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (101 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Mali (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 40,801 stories about harm among 188,795 counted on 10 Sep.

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Mentions of haemorrhagic fever ran about three times their usual in Congo's news. of the day's 188,795 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 10 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 22 today. Libya's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia91 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Libya86 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 864 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia532 stories about protests or strikes, of its 575 Tripoli Libya269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Washington US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1097 Jerusalem Israel186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 617 Baghdad Iraq171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'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'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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'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'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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: 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'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontserrat: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiechtenstein: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 527 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as warm as the world's · 480 stories about harm ● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Ghana about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Taiwan about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,530 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 8,886 stories · about as usual Health18% 7,371 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 7,038 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,002 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,480 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,092 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 917 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 killed10,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,671 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions295 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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