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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Papua New Guinea, protests in Tehran (Iran) and storms in Austria. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 75 in 100 of its 153 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Papua New Guinea

35 of its 78 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Porgera accounted for 32 of Papua New Guinea's 35 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Porgera stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

112 of its 220 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 112 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

59 of its 136 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vienna accounted for 42 of Austria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

34 of its 124 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

114 of its 153 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jesenik accounted for 49 of the Czechia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

47 of its 113 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

26 of its 73 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 14 of Buenos Aires' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

29 of its 94 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

China

351 of its 1,552 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Afghanistan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in France (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in China (17 of its stories, about 4 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 16 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 16,972 stories about harm among 92,905 counted on 16 Sep.

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Afghanistan's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,905 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Czechia75 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 820 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 Tel Aviv Israel54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Tehran Iran36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Kyiv Ukraine34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: 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'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sComoros: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 526 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 191 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,610 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,910 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,087 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,507 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 858 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 483 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 killed3,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations256 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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