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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Markowa (Poland), a disaster in Moulay Brahim and rights and justice in Tehran. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 76 in 100 of its 941 stories, usually 55
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Poland

55 of its 110 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Markowa accounted for 45 of Poland's 55 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 24 of Markowa's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Markowa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

718 of its 941 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Moulay Brahim accounted for 209 of Morocco's 718 stories about harm, carried by 676 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Moulay Brahim stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

74 of its 124 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 74 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Türkiye

71 of its 188 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Sudan

88 of its 101 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 74 of Sudan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 44 of Khartoum's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

26 of its 57 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 12 of Santiago's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 18 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

UK

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (142 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 98 of Russia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

51 of its 167 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (55 of its stories, about three 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 10 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 10,420 stories about harm among 55,724 counted on 10 Sep.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 55,724 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Greece's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. On 10 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan87 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco76 in 100 of its 941 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran60 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Syria57 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Khartoum Sudan44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Markowa Poland24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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 readUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: 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 angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Morocco about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 718 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 158 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,744 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 2,492 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 2,086 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,515 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 522 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 364 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 317 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 194 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 killed3,116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,054 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Morocco and the US Stories reporting arrests1,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations65 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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