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The day's news pointed at protests in Jenin (Palestine), violence in Kabuga and flooding in the US. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba →
Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 80 in 100 of its 60 stories, usually 36
RegionNorth America 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

56 of its 83 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 31 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 16 of Jenin's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

48 of its 60 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kabuga accounted for 29 of Rwanda's 48 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kabuga stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

7,290 of its 24,274 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (322 stories). Flooding was named in 1,358 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge, power cuts and storms.

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

Iran

254 of its 375 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tehran accounted for 113 of Iran's 254 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 102 of Tehran's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea

14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Conakry accounted for 13 of Guinea's 14 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 11 of Conakry's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

46 of its 107 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Udhampur accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 46 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Morocco

23 of its 60 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

8 of Jalisco's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Russia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 17,972 stories about harm among 83,875 counted on 29 Sep.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 83,875 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in the US's news. A year earlier, on 29 September 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Palestine stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda80 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Iran68 in 100 of its 375 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine67 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico64 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba58 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 669 Tehran Iran102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Moscow Russia46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 Kyiv Ukraine33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew 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'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: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR 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'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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer 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 a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● Rwanda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 254 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Armenia about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Ghana a little warmer than the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 5,963 stories · less than usual (usually 36%) Disasters & accidents24% 4,248 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice19% 3,369 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,561 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 1,068 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 720 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 576 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 253 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 killed4,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations384 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting refugees130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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