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The news turned to protests in Melbourne (Australia), refugees in Israel and violence in Kabul. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChile 42 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Australia

88 of Melbourne's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Earthquake was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Australia over 30 days → its stories → Melbourne stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Gambia

24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

31 of its 49 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kigali accounted for 19 of Rwanda's 31 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

58 of its 122 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Morocco

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 52 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Syria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Switzerland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Spain (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in India (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 29; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 23,833 stories about harm among 89,210 counted on 23 Sep.

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Syria's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 89,210 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. A year earlier, on 23 September 2020, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen80 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka54 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Vietnam51 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 980 Melbourne Australia88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 London UK57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443 Hollywood US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 New York US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

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'sVenezuela: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful 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'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: 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'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSan Marino: coverage a little angrier than 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Peru few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories a little warmer than the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 14,201 stories · much more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice15% 3,509 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,052 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence6% 1,484 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 717 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 623 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 565 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 435 stories · less than usual (usually 4%)

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 killed4,450 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,617 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured953 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations130 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria 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.

● 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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