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Most of the day's attention went to building collapse in Kenya, protests in Wamena (Indonesia) and illness in Harare. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTrinidad & Tobago 55 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 18
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kenya

214 of its 503 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Nairobi accounted for 155 of Kenya's 214 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Building collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

273 of its 504 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 68 of Wamena's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Zimbabwe

Harare accounted for 89 of Zimbabwe's 137 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

Malawi

35 of its 100 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Egypt

103 of its 277 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cairo accounted for 70 of Egypt's 103 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 62 of Cairo's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

401 of its 924 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Musa Qala accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

34 of its 62 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

100 of its 116 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Tornadoes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Romania

17 of its 96 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in South Korea (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Tanzania (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in France (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
27 in 10018 in 10025 Aug1 Sep8 Sep15 Sep23 Sep25 Aug: 21 in 10026 Aug: 21 in 10027 Aug: 20 in 10028 Aug: 20 in 10029 Aug: 20 in 10030 Aug: 21 in 10031 Aug: 24 in 1001 Sep: 27 in 1002 Sep: 25 in 1003 Sep: 24 in 1004 Sep: 23 in 1005 Sep: 22 in 1006 Sep: 22 in 1007 Sep: 24 in 1008 Sep: 24 in 1009 Sep: 21 in 10010 Sep: 20 in 10011 Sep: 21 in 10012 Sep: 20 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 22 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 19 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 21 in 10020 Sep: 21 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 20 in 10023 Sep: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 20,292 stories about harm among 115,149 counted on 23 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 January 2019. of the day's 115,149 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. South Korea's news mentioned storms about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 23 September 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen67 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia58 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Wamena Indonesia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 New York US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Cairo Egypt62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Houston US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSingapore: 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'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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAngola: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: 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'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 401 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 198 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,613 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,065 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,530 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence14% 2,677 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,272 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 739 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 467 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 375 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 killed4,908 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests2,466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations107 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand

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
● Griefa little less 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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