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The day's news pointed at the earthquake in Albania, protests in Valletta (Malta) and people injured in South Korea. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 82 in 100 of its 130 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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

Albania

106 of its 130 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Tirana accounted for 83 of Albania's 106 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Protests & strikes

Malta

46 of its 76 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 12 of Valletta's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Health

South Korea

103 of its 246 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Outbreaks were named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

112 of its 149 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Karbala accounted for 79 of Iraq's 112 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

480 of its 1,038 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 389 of Iran's 480 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

156 of its 361 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 116 of Cairo's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

39 of its 60 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tunis accounted for 36 of Tunisia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 30 of Tunis' 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

97 of its 192 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 19 of Jammu's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

33 of its 83 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 30 of Almaty's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

269 of its 381 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tuen Mun accounted for 242 of Hong Kong's 269 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. 242 of Tuen Mun's 242 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Mexico (177 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Tanzania (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Chile (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, about 4 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 21 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 20,580 stories about harm among 91,552 counted on 21 Sep.

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In Albania, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 91,552 stories, as usual. On 21 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 →

Albania82 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 12 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria78 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong71 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Tuen Mun Hong Kong242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242 Boston US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 San Francisco US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 Cairo Egypt116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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 readVatican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier 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 a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 323 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 480 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 6,221 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health22% 4,411 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,589 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence17% 3,473 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,413 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 513 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 325 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 294 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 killed6,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,056 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected2,710 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,867 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations256 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Poland Stories reporting abductions203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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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