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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Yerevan (Armenia), the cyclone in Bangladesh and evacuations in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGhana 32 in 100 of its 434 stories, usually 16
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Protests & strikes

Armenia

64 of its 147 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 35 of Armenia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 25 of Yerevan's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

110 of its 253 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 42 of Bangladesh's 110 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

127 of its 361 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

165 of its 588 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, outbreaks and snowstorms.

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

Ghana

140 of its 434 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 44 of Accra's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

278 of its 841 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu, storms and bird flu.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bangui accounted for 9 of the Central African Republic's 11 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Trinidad & Tobago

Reports of people injured ran at about 6 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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Health

Sweden

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Zimbabwe (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in France (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,311 stories about harm among 111,711 counted on 22 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 20 May 2023. 17 in every 100 of the day's 111,711 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On 22 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Armenia stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya74 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia58 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine53 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iran48 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Accra Ghana44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSokoto, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 28 outletsMontana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsYevlakh, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 47 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 40 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 16 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 19 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 17 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Yevlakh Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,713 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,577 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,152 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence12% 2,328 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 968 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 957 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 768 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 416 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 killed4,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations103 at about half the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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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