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The day's news pointed at violence in Yerevan, building collapse in Jordan and evacuations in France. Armenia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJordan 30 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 15
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

151 of its 452 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yerevan accounted for 71 of Armenia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

38 of its 125 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Amman accounted for 26 of Jordan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 27 of Ethiopia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

35 of its 307 stories (11%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Africa

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 76 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Dengue was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Syria (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in China (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 13 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 16,128 stories about harm among 80,748 counted on 13 Sep.

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Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in Syria's news. of the day's 80,748 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 13 September 2021, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 20 today. Armenia's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan51 in 100 of its 729 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia49 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine41 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 519 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Edinburgh UK58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Kolkata India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 readLithuania: 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'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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'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'sBenin: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: 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'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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 twice as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Armenia about three times as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 287 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,318 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,987 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,113 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,133 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,686 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood9% 1,429 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 837 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 505 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 256 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 killed3,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured728 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Ethiopia Stories reporting refugees99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US 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 softer than 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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