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The day's news pointed at protests in Lisbon (Portugal), arrests in Cambodia and illness in Moscow. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelize 84 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Portugal

27 of its 99 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 10 of Lisbon's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

37 of its 64 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Russia

543 of its 1,137 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Moscow accounted for 316 of Russia's 543 stories about harm, carried by 582 outlets. Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

76 of its 91 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Belize City accounted for 56 of Belize's 76 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding.

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

Bulgaria

34 of its 94 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 27 of Sofia's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

99 of its 218 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Libya

40 of its 71 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Slovakia

19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 5 of Bratislava's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Norway

45 of its 139 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Measles was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Iran

68 of its 155 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in North Korea (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Norway (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Libya (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in South Korea (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 28,764 stories about harm among 105,406 counted on 3 Sep.

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In Belize's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 7 times their usual. A year earlier, on 4 September 2019, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Portugal's news was 27% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 105,406 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 29.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belize84 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Syria66 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda64 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon60 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 69 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kenosha US405 stories about protests or strikes, of its 503 Washington US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1291 Rochester US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Portland US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Moscow Russia67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sDR Congo: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as 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 fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 543 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Slovakia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Cambodia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Belarus about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 16,506 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice18% 5,215 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,785 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,630 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,029 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 687 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 357 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 296 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 killed7,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,206 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations153 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting refugees139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced91 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill40 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 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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