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34,218 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), violence in Tehran and people displaced in the Philippines drew the news. Honduras' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHonduras 77 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

54 of its 70 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 50 of Honduras' 54 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 36 of Tegucigalpa's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

530 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 396 of Iran's 530 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Philippines

419 of its 952 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Polio was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

38 of its 148 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

236 of its 483 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 116 of Harare's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

30 of its 44 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 15 of Upper Nile's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

48 of River Ganges' 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires 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.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

856 of its 1,746 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

165 of its 233 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 84 of Iraq's 165 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

60 of its 92 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Algiers accounted for 57 of Algeria's 60 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 55 of Algiers' 57 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Mexico (256 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Hong Kong (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 34,218 stories about harm among 164,924 counted on 20 Sep.

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Honduras' news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 164,924 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned storms about 5 times as often as usual. On 20 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras77 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Puerto Rico77 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria75 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1376 Sydney Australia230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Los Angeles US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Genesee County US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Canberra Australia151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

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: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'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'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'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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): 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: 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: 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 readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: 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 three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: 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 more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 856 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 284 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● El Salvador about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 9,945 stories · about as usual Health23% 7,612 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,416 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence15% 5,127 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,038 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,138 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 711 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 694 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 killed10,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations466 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting refugees384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced323 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill141 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 softer than 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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