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Protests in Tehran (Iran), drownings in Syria and arrests in Ukraine drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIran 70 in 100 of its 394 stories, usually 44
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

274 of its 394 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 159 of Iran's 274 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 142 of Tehran's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Syria

40 of its 57 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tartus accounted for 25 of Syria's 40 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 11 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 →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

39 of its 82 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Colombo accounted for 22 of Sri Lanka's 39 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 12 of Colombo's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 152 of Russia's 271 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. 92 of Moscow's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

405 of its 1,106 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Storm surge was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, heavy rain and heatwave.

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Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

32 of its 65 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

37 of its 62 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Japan (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Canada (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in US (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 9,306 stories about harm among 43,001 counted on 24 Sep.

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The news turned to Iran for the ninth day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 43,001 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Japan's news, mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual. On 24 September 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 22 today. Iran's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico78 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria70 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran70 in 100 of its 394 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Uganda60 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Moscow Russia92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Denver US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sMozambique: 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: 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 readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: 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'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 274 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Uganda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 2,839 stories · much less than usual (usually 36%) Rights & justice24% 2,214 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,764 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,033 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 476 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 397 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services3% 311 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 156 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 killed2,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected853 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees109 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting people displaced105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions101 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations59 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and Canada

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

● Angera little more than 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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