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The news turned to rights and justice in Harare, protests in Sarajevo (Bosnia) and violence in Paneriai. Zimbabwe's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostZimbabwe 60 in 100 of its 2,381 stories, usually 33
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

1,437 of its 2,381 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 855 of Zimbabwe's 1,437 stories about harm, carried by 575 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Malaria was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Protests & strikes

Bosnia

30 of its 40 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sarajevo accounted for 29 of Bosnia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 24 of Sarajevo's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Conflict & violence

Lithuania

42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paneriai accounted for 40 of Lithuania's 42 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (37 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.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Paneriai stories →
Health

Singapore

84 of its 405 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Palestine

74 of its 115 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 25 of Gaza's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 47 of Algeria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 46 of Algiers' 47 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

78 of its 251 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Australia

729 of its 3,149 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts and food poisoning.

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Protests & strikes

China

337 of Beijing's 555 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

Abaco accounted for 1,063 of the Bahamas' 1,518 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Oil spill was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mozambique (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Colombia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in US (2256 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Australia (102 of its stories, about 7 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 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 35,027 stories about harm among 162,375 counted on 6 Sep.

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In South Korea's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 162,375 stories, as usual. Zimbabwe's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 6 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Algeria83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas69 in 100 of its 2,188 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 607 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Zimbabwe60 in 100 of its 2,381 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 555 Harare Zimbabwe287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 855 Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1334 Moscow Russia143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Mong Kok Hong Kong139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSlovenia: 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'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: 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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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'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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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 readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Finland few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 217 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,437 stories about harm ● Lithuania few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 413 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,848 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents28% 9,641 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health20% 6,975 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,042 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,732 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 688 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 635 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 killed12,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,538 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations827 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting refugees342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced200 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting abductions175 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting people falling ill115 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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