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25,298 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Illness in Tetovo, protests in Jenin (Palestine) and violence in Kabul drew the news. North Macedonia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 85 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 23
RegionOceania 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Health

North Macedonia

70 of its 82 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tetovo accounted for 66 of North Macedonia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Tetovo stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 10 of Jenin's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
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Health

Indonesia

81 of its 157 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jakarta accounted for 47 of Indonesia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Spain

116 of its 415 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Canada

825 of its 2,315 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

Conakry accounted for 34 of Guinea's 54 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 18 of Conakry's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).

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Health

Denmark

33 of its 100 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

60 of its 116 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pyongyang accounted for 46 of North Korea's 60 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in China (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 25,298 stories about harm among 88,241 counted on 9 Sep.

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North Macedonia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 88,241 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about 5 times as often as usual. On 9 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Macedonia85 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Palestine68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 1,569 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 658 Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1272 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 New York US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● North Macedonia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 964 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 214 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,400 stories · much more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice13% 3,369 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,500 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,479 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Displacement3% 724 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 525 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 461 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 killed5,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,043 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations353 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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