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The news turned to a disaster in Donggala, rights and justice in Bratislava and violence in Algiers. Slovakia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 88 in 100 of its 2,464 stories, usually 47
RegionSoutheast Asia 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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

Indonesia

2,172 of its 2,464 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Donggala accounted for 909 of Indonesia's 2,172 stories about harm, carried by 711 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (130 stories). Hypothermia was named in 110 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Donggala stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

140 of its 183 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bratislava accounted for 132 of Slovakia's 140 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

106 of its 150 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Algiers accounted for 103 of Algeria's 106 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

51 of its 73 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 37 of Fraijanes' 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Fraijanes stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Poland

121 of its 405 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Hunger was named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

522 of its 1,529 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 127 of Chemnitz's 198 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

772 of its 1,233 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (421 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Romania

221 of its 553 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bucharest accounted for 219 of Romania's 221 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Drought was named in 215 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bird flu and flu.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

398 of its 1,078 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 271 of Barcelona's 279 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (235 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

279 of its 946 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (90 stories). Heatwave was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Romania (215 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Poland (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Singapore (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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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 36,002 stories about harm among 186,323 counted on 1 Oct.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Indonesia. In Indonesia, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 October 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. 19 in every 100 of the day's 186,323 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Over September, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in September 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia93 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia88 in 100 of its 2,464 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Micronesia88 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Slovakia77 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 517 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Washington US256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1738 Jerusalem Israel199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Chemnitz Germany127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Boston US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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'sCuba: 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 readHong 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 readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer 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 a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 772 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as fearful as the world's · 522 stories about harm ● Slovakia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Poland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Guatemala about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,333 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,138 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents19% 6,685 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence17% 5,899 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,210 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 992 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 959 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 892 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 killed11,612 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,693 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees557 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Germany Stories reporting people displaced445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations380 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Japan and Micronesia Stories reporting abductions174 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill15 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Mali

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
● 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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