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The news turned to power cuts in Ukraine, a disaster in Las Tejerias and protests in Tehran (Iran). Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 72 in 100 of its 97 stories, usually 40
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

402 of its 920 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 246 of Ukraine's 402 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (118 stories). Power cuts were named in 50 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 → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

70 of its 97 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Las Tejerias accounted for 34 of Venezuela's 70 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Las Tejerias stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 115 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 104 of Tehran's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

New Zealand

162 of its 521 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Myanmar

42 of its 56 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mandalay accounted for 24 of Myanmar's 42 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Covid was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

67 of its 166 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

50 of its 71 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 26 of Haiti's 50 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 16 of Port-au-Prince's 26 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

77 of its 309 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Nablus accounted for 33 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 19 of Nablus' 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (42 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Myanmar (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (16 of its stories, about three 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 12 Oct. 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 16,783 stories about harm among 83,005 counted on 12 Oct.

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The news turned to Ukraine for the third day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,005 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 8 times their usual. On 12 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Ukraine's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar75 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela72 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti70 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Iran66 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Los Angeles US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Jerusalem Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233

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'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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Africa: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'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'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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 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 readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahamas: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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 twice as angry as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 402 stories about harm ● Thailand about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Indonesia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 433 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 6,232 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice22% 3,615 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,354 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,695 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,168 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 698 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 548 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 262 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 killed3,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,478 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations82 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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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