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The news turned to protests in Beirut (Lebanon), building collapse in Jordan and people displaced in Armenia. Armenia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMonaco 94 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 9
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

74 of its 150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 56 of Lebanon's 74 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 30 of Beirut's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

51 of its 136 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Amman accounted for 41 of Jordan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

129 of its 273 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Monaco

126 of its 134 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Road crashes were named in 124 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

64 of its 193 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 35 of Ethiopia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Islamabad accounted for 125 of Pakistan's 360 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

24 of its 43 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tropical storm was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane and storms.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Monaco (124 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Puerto Rico (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Syria (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (60 of its stories, about 8 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 14 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 16,864 stories about harm among 82,703 counted on 14 Sep.

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In Monaco's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 82,703 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Lebanon, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Monaco94 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 9 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan55 in 100 of its 660 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328 Kolkata India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Los Angeles US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: 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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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 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 readZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: 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 fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: 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 twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMonaco: 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 · 129 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 17 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 6,194 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,317 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,182 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,851 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood9% 1,461 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 510 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 331 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 killed4,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bulgaria

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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