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The news turned to heavy rain in Thailand, illness in Stockholm and the drought in Brazil. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 51 in 100 of its 504 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Thailand

255 of its 504 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 197 of Thailand's 255 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (163 stories). Heavy rain was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Health

Sweden

174 of its 405 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 128 of Sweden's 174 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. Covid was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

96 of its 313 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Drought was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

100 of its 175 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Cholera was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

155 of its 302 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Ankara accounted for 80 of Türkiye's 155 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

194 of its 756 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

103 of its 240 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 103 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

42 of its 56 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

59 of its 143 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

195 of its 517 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Hungary (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Antigua & Barbuda (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 6 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 3 Oct. 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 20,387 stories about harm among 113,031 counted on 3 Oct.

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In Thailand, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 113,031 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Sweden's news. On 3 October 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger75 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya61 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 81 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti57 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Delhi India117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 London UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Stockholm Sweden52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Hollywood US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: 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'sHonduras: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful 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 twice 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 · 58 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as warm as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,600 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice25% 4,983 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,063 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 2,188 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,029 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,000 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 741 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 420 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 killed4,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,969 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting people displaced162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica

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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