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The day's news pointed at violence in Beirut, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and plane crash in Ukraine. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 80 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 54
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

105 of its 164 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Beirut accounted for 77 of Lebanon's 105 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

97 of its 121 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Minsk accounted for 55 of Belarus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 51 of Minsk's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

37 of its 64 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Tuvalu

13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Yemen

55 of its 70 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

109 of its 315 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

57 of its 139 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 5 of Ayotzinapa's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 87 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Qatar

64 of its 141 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Doha accounted for 46 of Qatar's 64 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

118 of its 360 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 52 of Madrid's 72 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 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 27 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 13,366 stories about harm among 48,967 counted on 27 Sep.

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In Tuvalu's news, mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 48,967 stories, as usual. On 28 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 27 today. In Lebanon, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Belarus, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belarus80 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Yemen79 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon64 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Portland US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Louisville US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 London UK57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Los Angeles US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'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 readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJordan: 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 6,785 stories · less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice20% 2,601 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,441 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,211 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 633 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 255 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 174 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 139 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 killed4,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured875 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Armenia Stories reporting abductions95 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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