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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Indonesia, protests in Idlib (Syria) and people injured in Iraq. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 87 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 12
RegionSoutheast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

758 of its 894 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Balaroa accounted for 411 of Indonesia's 758 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Power cuts were named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Balaroa stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

357 of its 421 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 177 of Syria's 357 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 95 of Idlib's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

230 of its 269 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Ebola was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

152 of its 175 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Minsk accounted for 147 of Belarus' 152 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

671 of its 1,092 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (471 stories). Outbreaks were named in 104 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

83 of its 91 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Yatenga accounted for 77 of Burkina Faso's 83 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

15 of Banja's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

231 of its 469 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Pyongyang accounted for 228 of North Korea's 231 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

300 of its 328 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 21 of Libreville's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Bosnia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Peru (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Poland (12 of its stories, about 6 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 6 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 25,149 stories about harm among 114,989 counted on 6 Oct.

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Greece's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 114,989 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 65% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 October 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

DR Congo94 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador93 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Congo91 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Burkina Faso91 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus87 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 12 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2088 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2510 Chicago US293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Jerusalem Israel129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Idlib Syria95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Pyongyang North Korea88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: 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 fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Burkina Faso about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 357 stories about harm ● Malaysia about twice as fearful as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 204 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice41% 10,113 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health18% 4,579 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,631 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence14% 3,550 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,275 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 649 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 361 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 killed7,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,773 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,452 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees268 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nauru Stories reporting evacuations130 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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