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20,081 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Beirut, protests in Aynalem (Ethiopia) and a disaster in Budapest. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 86 in 100 of its 930 stories, usually 53
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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

Lebanon

799 of its 930 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Beirut accounted for 565 of Lebanon's 799 stories about harm, carried by 827 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (601 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

38 of its 79 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 5 of Aynalem's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Aynalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

57 of its 144 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Budapest accounted for 46 of Hungary's 57 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mali

27 of its 37 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bamako accounted for 23 of Mali's 27 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Taiwan

67 of its 209 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Taipei accounted for 51 of Taiwan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

67 of its 156 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

26 of its 49 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

101 of its 200 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Russia (37 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Thailand (12 of its stories, about three 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 18 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 20,081 stories about harm among 107,318 counted on 18 Sep.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Lebanon. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 107,318 stories, as usual. Lebanon's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%. A year earlier, on 19 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 →

Lebanon86 in 100 of its 930 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 1,466 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Iran50 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 595 Kolkata India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Miami US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Delhi India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,039 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 799 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,491 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,860 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 3,380 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,879 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 974 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 904 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 673 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 489 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 killed5,334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,054 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Israel Stories reporting arrests2,026 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced373 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions329 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Spain

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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