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The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), plane crash in Brazil and violence in Jammu. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 48 in 100 of its 241 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Iran

132 of its 244 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 77 of Iran's 132 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 53 of Tehran's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

116 of its 241 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Plane crash was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

69 of its 118 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 69 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Vietnam

173 of its 511 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 111 of Vietnam's 173 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and wildfires.

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

Libya

266 of its 294 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Derna accounted for 229 of Libya's 266 stories about harm, carried by 436 outlets. Poisoning was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and hunger. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

32 of its 36 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Bamako accounted for 16 of Mali's 32 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

87 of its 373 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 30 of Berlin's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 24 of Sudan's 34 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 13 of Khartoum's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Namibia

8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Ukraine (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Greece (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Russia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Libya (35 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 17 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 10,073 stories about harm among 55,498 counted on 17 Sep.

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It was the eighth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 55,498 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. On 17 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. In Iran, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan68 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir58 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran54 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Tehran Iran53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 Berlin Germany30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Hollywood US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 2,840 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,215 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 2,183 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,139 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 431 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 347 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 183 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 killed2,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting evacuations63 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and India Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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