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Most of the day's attention went to train derailment in Portugal, protests in Jakarta (Indonesia) and people killed in Ethiopia. Portugal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 58 in 100 of its 220 stories, usually 18
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

128 of its 220 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Lisbon accounted for 124 of Portugal's 128 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Train derailment was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

106 of its 251 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Jakarta accounted for 57 of Indonesia's 106 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 47 of Jakarta's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

127 of its 234 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

159 of its 197 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

94 of its 148 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 94 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 42 of Sudan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

18 of its 62 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 4 of Mbeya's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

11 of its 53 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Venezuela (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in US (122 of its stories, about 7 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 3 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 16,761 stories about harm among 93,496 counted on 3 Sep.

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Portugal's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 93,496 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Portugal's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 3 September 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan70 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir64 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel58 in 100 of its 890 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Portugal58 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 849 London UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Chicago US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Jakarta Indonesia47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'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'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'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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 518 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Portugal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 290 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 188 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,640 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice25% 4,119 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,335 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,970 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 892 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 576 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 497 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 396 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 killed4,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions214 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about half the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US

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 softer 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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