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The day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), illness in Kampala and poisoning in Russia. Russia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 50 in 100 of its 151 stories, usually 27
RegionOceania 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Belarus

76 of its 151 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 76 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 35 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Health

Uganda

56 of its 101 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 29 of Uganda's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

172 of its 518 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 479 of Afghanistan's 858 stories about harm, carried by 545 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

249 of its 540 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Health

Philippines

313 of its 587 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms and tropical storm.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

53 of its 96 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Lithuania

13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: nipah virus in India (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); oil spill in US (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 16,475 stories about harm among 58,596 counted on 6 Sep.

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28 in every 100 of the day's 58,596 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. A year earlier, on 6 September 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine67 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 1,467 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam58 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Uganda55 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Iraq55 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 479 Conakry Guinea46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Minsk Belarus35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'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 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: 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: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'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 readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 858 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Malawi few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 13 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 217 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 249 stories about harm ● UK a little warmer than the world's · 1,411 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 8,973 stories · more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice13% 2,122 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,794 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,683 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Displacement4% 605 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 510 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 334 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 324 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 killed3,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured665 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations350 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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