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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.

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualSouth Bend, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsMonessen, US -- disasters & accidents: 48 stories, carried by 352 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 26 stories, carried by 48 outletsMerseyside, UK -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 77 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 36 stories, carried by 51 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● South Bend US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Monessen US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 48 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Merseyside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories

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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