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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tehran (Iran), drownings in Syria and illness in Mubende. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 73 in 100 of its 554 stories, usually 41
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

404 of its 554 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 248 of Iran's 404 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 214 of Tehran's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (251 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Syria

75 of its 97 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tartus accounted for 51 of Syria's 75 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Tartus stories →
Health

Uganda

47 of its 84 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mubende accounted for 27 of Uganda's 47 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Ebola was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Mubende stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

40 of its 73 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sudan

7 of Khartoum's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

28 of its 46 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 241 of Russia's 438 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

53 of its 89 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bhutan

18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Norway

28 of its 88 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Canada (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Bermuda (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (28 of its stories, about 4 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 23 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 15,631 stories about harm among 76,640 counted on 23 Sep.

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For the eighth day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 76,640 stories, as usual. On 23 September 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. In Iran, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria77 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran73 in 100 of its 554 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon60 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Moscow Russia107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 404 stories about harm ● Uganda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 438 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,535 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,613 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,309 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,606 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,006 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 626 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 447 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 268 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 killed3,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured649 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US

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 about as 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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