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The news turned to a disaster in Jesenik, protests in Tocoa (Honduras) and violence in Tel Aviv. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 78 in 100 of its 108 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

84 of its 108 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Jesenik accounted for 43 of the Czechia's 84 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Natural hazards were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Jesenik stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 11 of Tocoa's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tocoa stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 266 of Israel's 455 stories about harm, carried by 512 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (152 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Poland

36 of its 64 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Klodzko accounted for 20 of Poland's 36 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

34 of its 40 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

125 of its 415 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Hypothermia was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Egypt

45 of its 119 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

32 of its 58 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Vienna accounted for 25 of Austria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

12 of its 29 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 3 of Fnideq's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Myanmar (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in China (11 of its stories, about 5 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 15 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 9,202 stories about harm among 51,791 counted on 15 Sep.

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In the Czechia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 51,791 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Myanmar's news. On 16 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Vietnam, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela81 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Czechia78 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine72 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 672 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti60 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Tel Aviv Israel61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Lagos Nigeria25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Delhi India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPoonch, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsTexas, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 36 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 22 stories, carried by 12 outletsBedfordshire, UK -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 71 stories, carried by 48 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 30 stories, carried by 87 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 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

● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Poonch Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Texas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Bedfordshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,355 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice24% 2,163 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,771 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 1,387 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 458 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 326 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 280 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 258 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 killed2,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured793 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced228 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations196 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 harsher 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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