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The day's news pointed at heavy rain in Nepal, protests in Tehran (Iran) and violence in Batken. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 86 in 100 of its 71 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Achham accounted for 22 of Nepal's 29 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Achham stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

75 of its 155 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 75 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

52 of its 101 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Batken accounted for 36 of Kyrgyzstan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Batken stories →
Rights & justice

Ukraine

237 of its 530 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

80 of its 109 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 68 of Syria's 80 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

86 of its 419 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, storms and heatwave. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

47 of its 97 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 31 of Armenia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

29 of its 69 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tigray accounted for 15 of Ethiopia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

61 of its 71 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Taiwan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, about 6 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 17 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 8,717 stories about harm among 42,537 counted on 17 Sep.

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In Taiwan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 42,537 stories, as usual. Nepal's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 17 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria73 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Kyrgyzstan51 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia48 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Tehran Iran39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Belgrade 21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 21 Moscow Russia18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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 readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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'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 readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: 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'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful 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'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Nepal few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 2,846 stories · less than usual (usually 37%) Rights & justice24% 2,044 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,302 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,071 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 427 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 318 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 151 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 killed2,213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected813 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees115 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations65 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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