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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Derna, violence in Jammu and protests in Tehran (Iran). Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreenland 88 in 100 of its 153 stories, usually 41
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

504 of its 584 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Derna accounted for 400 of Libya's 504 stories about harm, carried by 718 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Tsunami was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Derna stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

152 of its 229 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 152 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 139 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 56 of Tehran's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

33 of its 94 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Greenland

134 of its 153 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Alpefjord accounted for 86 of Greenland's 134 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Covid was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

40 of its 98 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 40 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

13 of Gaza's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Egypt

71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

33 of its 69 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Storm surge was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Greenland (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Myanmar (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Bermuda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Armenia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 21,636 stories about harm among 118,926 counted on 14 Sep.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Libya. of the day's 118,926 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Greenland's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Libya, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 66% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Greenland88 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya86 in 100 of its 584 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan68 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir66 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco66 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 747 Hollywood US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Tehran Iran56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 New York US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIowa, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsShenzhen, China -- health: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsWinnipeg, Canada -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsVermont, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 20 outletsMersin, Türkiye -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 48 outletsLittlebourne, UK -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsOsaka, Japan -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Shenzhen China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Winnipeg Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,859 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 4,713 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,103 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence10% 2,035 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,374 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 932 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 786 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 434 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 killed4,789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,038 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam Stories reporting people displaced216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of 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 much softer 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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