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The day's news pointed at protests in Accra (Ghana), arrests in Rwanda and people affected in Kashmir. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFinland 37 in 100 of its 87 stories, usually 14
RegionNorth America 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Ghana

159 of its 613 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 59 of Accra's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Rights & justice

Rwanda

16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

50 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 168 of Lebanon's 287 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Luxembourg

19 of its 65 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

66 of its 108 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 32 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

31 of its 124 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Denmark

40 of its 117 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (1535 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in UK (132 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 6 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 26 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 20,129 stories about harm among 105,820 counted on 26 Sep.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Ghana. of the day's 105,820 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the US's news mentioned the hurricane about 4 times as often as usual. Ghana's news was 26% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On 27 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon71 in 100 of its 402 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan70 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 1,489 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti61 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 510 Accra Ghana59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Beirut Lebanon29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Manhattan US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'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 about twice as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 958 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Japan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 287 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,288 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,711 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,224 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,690 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 883 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 801 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 675 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 526 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 killed4,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,897 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,162 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced417 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions332 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times 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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