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The news turned to violence in Algiers, volcanic eruption in Spain and rights and justice in Jenin. Algeria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSpain 47 in 100 of its 290 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Conflict & violence

Algeria

34 of its 54 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Algiers accounted for 27 of Algeria's 34 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

137 of its 290 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

102 of its 188 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Mexico City accounted for 66 of Mexico's 102 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 10 of Kyiv's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

192 of its 330 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

137 of its 323 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 194 of Afghanistan's 298 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Covid was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Afghanistan (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in India (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 29; 28 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 10,823 stories about harm among 38,390 counted on 19 Sep.

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In Spain's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 38,390 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Algeria. On 19 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 28 today. Algeria stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine81 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Haiti69 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Algeria63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel58 in 100 of its 330 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 518 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Kremlin Russia51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Kabul Afghanistan49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Melbourne Australia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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 readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful 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'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Yemen few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Algeria few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Indonesia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 5,755 stories · about as usual Rights & justice15% 1,570 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,236 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,157 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 338 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 203 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services2% 182 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 killed2,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests922 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations129 at about half the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions93 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the UK Stories reporting refugees85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ireland and India

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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