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A disaster in Derna, protests in Tehran (Iran) and violence in Jammu drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 72 in 100 of its 195 stories, usually 37
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Disasters & accidents

Libya

502 of its 560 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Derna accounted for 422 of Libya's 502 stories about harm, carried by 766 outlets. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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 →
Protests & strikes

Iran

210 of its 350 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 114 of Iran's 210 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. 76 of Tehran's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

140 of its 195 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 140 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about three 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 →
Health

Colombia

46 of its 123 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes.

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

Bahrain

24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Health

Vietnam

160 of its 549 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Poisoning was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatwave. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

35 of its 141 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kuwait

16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

120 of its 217 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 37 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Vietnam (57 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Romania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); nipah virus in India (151 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Sweden (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 15 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 19,800 stories about harm among 111,239 counted on 15 Sep.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Libya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,239 stories, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 15 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Libya, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir72 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco66 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan63 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Iran60 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Detroit US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Tehran Iran76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Hollywood US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Wentzville US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: 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 readCuba: 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'sCongo: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sComoros: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 502 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 221 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,147 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice24% 4,611 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,542 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence10% 1,924 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,221 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 693 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 410 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 killed4,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured896 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations119 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.