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The day's news pointed at violence in Nampula, a disaster in Islamabad and people killed in the UK. the UK's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBermuda 46 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 26
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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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Nampula accounted for 13 of Mozambique's 25 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Nampula stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

UK

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,162 stories). Plague was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Taiwan

24 of its 83 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Belgium

28 of its 108 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Ghana

83 of its 280 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

22 of its 53 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 15 of Ethiopia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

11 of Colombo's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in US (204 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in India (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 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 14,753 stories about harm among 75,405 counted on 9 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 23 January 2020. 20 in every 100 of the day's 75,405 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In North Korea's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 9 September 2021, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Mozambique's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Pakistan53 in 100 of its 675 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Bermuda46 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria46 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia42 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Uganda42 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 415 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 696 Islamabad Pakistan30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Balmoral UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSt. 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readCuba: 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'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'sChad: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: 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'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● UK about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,881 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,026 stories · less than usual (usually 37%) Rights & justice19% 2,777 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,341 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,661 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,203 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Food & livelihood6% 882 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 432 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 245 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 killed4,189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured709 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting abductions98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the Gambia and Chile

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 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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