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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.
Conflict & violence
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.
Disasters & accidents
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.
Health
217 of its 724 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence
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.
Health
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).
Conflict & violence
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.
Health
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.
Conflict & violence
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.
Disasters & accidents
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.
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).
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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%.
20 in every 100 of the day's 80,748 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 21). Armenia: 151 of its 452 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Jordan: 38 of its 125 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. France: 217 of its 724 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. St Vincent: 8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in Syria's news. Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Jordan's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. A year earlier, on 13 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: too little coverage to read Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: too little coverage to read Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: too little coverage to read Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: too little coverage to read Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: too little coverage to read Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: too little coverage to read Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: too little coverage to read Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Yemen: warmth about its own usual Vietnam: warmth about its own usual Sri Lanka: warmth about its own usual Kenya: warmth about its own usual Ethiopia: warmth about its own usual Armenia: warmth about its own usual Hanoi, Vietnam -- health: 14 stories, carried by 30 outlets Belgrade, -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 26 outlets Wirral, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 14 outlets Arizona, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 16 outlets Orlando, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 28 outlets Tigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 61 outlets Nairobi, Kenya -- food & livelihood: 52 stories, carried by 119 outlets Owerri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outlets
Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.