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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Ayia Napa (Cyprus), violence in Kabul and arrests in Germany. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 61 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTrinidad & Tobago 62 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 43
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Cyprus

27 of its 46 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 10 of Ayia Napa's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Ayia Napa stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 295 of Afghanistan's 485 stories about harm, carried by 482 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Covid was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Germany

184 of its 581 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

France

281 of its 875 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

5 of Caracas' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Guyana

13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 22 of Tunisia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.

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Health

Israel

142 of its 243 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jerusalem accounted for 62 of Israel's 142 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Chile (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Guinea (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in China (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in US (101 of its stories, about three 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 16 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 23,624 stories about harm among 86,821 counted on 16 Sep.

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In Cyprus, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 86,821 stories, below the usual 29. Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 16 September 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti65 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Trinidad & Tobago62 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Iraq59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Israel58 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1018 Kabul Afghanistan56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Moscow Russia38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'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'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than 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'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 485 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Cyprus few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health61% 14,314 stories · much more than usual (usually 51%) Rights & justice14% 3,394 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,802 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence8% 1,792 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 616 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 588 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services2% 477 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 435 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 killed4,618 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,611 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured935 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations149 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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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