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The day's news pointed at the earthquake in Afghanistan, livelihoods in Moscow and deaths in Saskatchewan. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 50 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

168 of its 207 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 141 of Afghanistan's 168 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Food & livelihood

Russia

372 of its 1,113 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 192 of Russia's 372 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 22 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.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Canada

459 of its 1,156 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Saskatchewan accounted for 185 of Canada's 459 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Canada over 30 days → its stories → Saskatchewan stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

473 of its 1,397 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (42 stories). Earthquake was named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Pakistan

414 of its 722 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger and cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Argentina

29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks.

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Health

Zimbabwe

45 of its 121 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Measles was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

13 of its 38 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 7 of Minsk's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

5 of Uppsala's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Portugal (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Argentina (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); measles in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 12,425 stories about harm among 56,084 counted on 5 Sep.

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Of the day's 56,084 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 September 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine68 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan57 in 100 of its 722 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Portugal50 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 17 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Chicago US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Moscow Russia27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Jerusalem Israel18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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 readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier 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'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● UK a little warmer than the world's · 1,145 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 4,139 stories · less than usual (usually 37%) Disasters & accidents20% 2,455 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice16% 1,959 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 1,413 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,030 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 702 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 369 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 209 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 killed3,365 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people affected1,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting arrests1,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced150 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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