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20,483 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Alberto Fujimori, a disaster in Hanoi and violence in Jerusalem. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 58 in 100 of its 164 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Rights & justice

Peru

95 of its 164 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 42 of Peru's 95 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Alberto Fujimori stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

160 of its 299 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hanoi accounted for 87 of Vietnam's 160 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 147 of Israel's 522 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

Belgium

32 of its 121 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with outbreaks and food poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
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Rights & justice

Nigeria

522 of its 1,491 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Flooding was named in 109 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cholera and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

289 of its 362 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Gaza accounted for 226 of Palestine's 289 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 125 of the Philippines' 198 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 11 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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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Belarus

16 of its 46 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Greenland (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (109 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Brazil (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Thailand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 20,483 stories about harm among 110,290 counted on 12 Sep.

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In Peru, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 110,290 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Greenland's news. A year earlier, on 13 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine80 in 100 of its 362 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 820 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Peru58 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice Sudan55 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Kolkata India80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Jerusalem Israel50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Gaza Palestine38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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'sYemen: 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: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 289 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 522 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,885 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,695 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,712 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,568 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 972 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 931 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 791 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 537 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 killed5,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions348 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little less 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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