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The day's news pointed at bridge collapse in Vietnam, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and violence in Masyaf. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 49 in 100 of its 306 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

149 of its 306 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 72 of Vietnam's 149 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (107 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

28 of its 65 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 7 of Bogota's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

53 of its 75 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Masyaf accounted for 29 of Syria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Masyaf stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

540 of its 1,446 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Libya

29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Derna accounted for 19 of Libya's 29 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

74 of Jerusalem's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (189 stories). Tornadoes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

121 of its 211 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 82 of Afghanistan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 156 of the Philippines' 243 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

21 of its 33 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Rights & justice

Kenya

138 of its 371 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Libya (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in China (20 of its stories, about three 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 10 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 19,580 stories about harm among 106,250 counted on 10 Sep.

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The news turned to Vietnam for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,250 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Japan's news mentioned the tsunami about 4 times as often as usual. On 11 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine73 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 1,084 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan58 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 459 Jerusalem Israel74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Manipur India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Islamabad Pakistan51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

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 readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 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: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualGuernsey: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 70 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 21 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Mexico City Mexico about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,428 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,952 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,347 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,467 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 949 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 765 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 660 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 525 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 killed4,777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced375 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations312 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about the usual rate

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 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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