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The news turned to a disaster in Caracas, protests in London (UK) and violence in Doha. Qatar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.
Disasters & accidents
36 of its 56 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 20 of Venezuela's 36 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
835 of its 3,385 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 145 of London's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (127 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Conflict & violence
79 of its 202 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Doha accounted for 76 of Qatar's 79 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes
Kathmandu accounted for 101 of Nepal's 159 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 92 of Kathmandu's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
16 of its 86 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Conflict & violence
Jerusalem accounted for 151 of Israel's 396 stories about harm, carried by 590 outlets. Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Malabo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Conflict & violence
9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Rights & justice
10 of its 32 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 42,060 stories, as usual. On 14 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
19 in every 100 of the day's 42,060 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Venezuela: 36 of its 56 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. UK: 835 of its 3,385 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Qatar: 79 of its 202 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Canada: Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Indonesia's news. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 14 September 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: about as warm as its own usual or less U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: too little coverage to read Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: too little coverage to read Sierra Leone: too little coverage to read Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: too little coverage to read Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: too little coverage to read Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: too little coverage to read Oman: too little coverage to read Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: too little coverage to read Malaysia: too little coverage to read Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: too little coverage to read Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: too little coverage to read Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: too little coverage to read Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: too little coverage to read Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: too little coverage to read Czech Republic: too little coverage to read N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: about as warm as its own usual or less Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: too little coverage to read Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: too little coverage to read Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: too little coverage to read Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: too little coverage to read Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: about as warm as its own usual or less St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: about as warm as its own usual or less Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or less Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Sri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual China: warmth about one and a half times its own usual China: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Oregon, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 outlets Nottingham, UK -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outlets New York, US -- health: 60 stories, carried by 77 outlets Darrang, India -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 19 outlets Nairobi, Kenya -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outlets Manchester, UK -- conflict & violence: 125 stories, carried by 125 outlets Toronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 55 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angera little more than 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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