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Protests in Tel Aviv (Israel), the typhoon in Taiwan and a disaster in Johannesburg drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 52 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

204 of its 454 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tel Aviv accounted for 164 of Israel's 204 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. 132 of Tel Aviv's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

76 of its 145 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Taipei accounted for 29 of Taiwan's 76 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Typhoon was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and landslides.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

162 of its 480 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Johannesburg accounted for 86 of South Africa's 162 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

202 of its 535 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (118 stories). 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

Iraq

78 of its 119 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kirkuk accounted for 59 of Iraq's 78 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 54 of Kirkuk's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cyprus

33 of its 73 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Limassol accounted for 22 of Cyprus' 33 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 17 of Limassol's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

40 of its 111 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 13 of Stockholm's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Algeria

14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

26 of its 87 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

6 of its 6 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in India (71 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 9,313 stories about harm among 48,589 counted on 3 Sep.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 48,589 stories, as usual. Mentions of the typhoon ran about 4 times their usual in Taiwan's news. On 3 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. Israel stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. This week the news turned most often to South Africa, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq66 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan52 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Kirkuk Iraq54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Washington US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Reno US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Jalna India19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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 readBritish 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sBermuda: 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

● Syria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Ireland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 204 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,366 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice23% 2,085 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 1,978 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,170 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 534 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 403 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 349 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 237 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 killed2,284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured867 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Israel Stories reporting evacuations142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions63 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than 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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