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Most of the day's attention went to road crashes in Kashmir, building collapse in Jordan and protests in Jenin (Palestine). Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 50 in 100 of its 254 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Kashmir

59 of its 117 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

42 of its 121 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amman accounted for 29 of Jordan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

54 of its 74 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 29 of Palestine's 54 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 15 of Jenin's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Health

Guatemala

20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Armenia

127 of its 254 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yerevan accounted for 61 of Armenia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 31 of Lebanon's 36 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 17 of Beirut's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tropical storm was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain.

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Health

Switzerland

47 of its 335 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Puerto Rico (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Lebanon (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ukraine (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (35 of its stories, about three 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 15 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 16,314 stories about harm among 83,614 counted on 15 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 23 January 2020. A year earlier, on 15 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Kashmir, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,614 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine73 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan52 in 100 of its 684 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria51 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 684 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 364 Chicago US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Manhattan US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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 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'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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: 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: 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 readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier 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 angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● UK about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,146 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 318 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 6,209 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,561 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 1,962 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,714 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,185 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 719 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 504 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 267 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 killed3,611 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured697 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine

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
● 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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