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The day's news pointed at protests in Machu Picchu (Peru), violence in Tillaberi and flooding in Malaysia. Niger's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBermuda 55 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 12 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
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

Peru

23 of its 54 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Machu Picchu accounted for 20 of Peru's 23 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 19 of Machu Picchu's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Machu Picchu stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tillaberi accounted for 12 of Niger's 16 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tillaberi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

93 of its 306 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 185 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Sweden

48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Brazil

77 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Laos

7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

17 of its 58 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (40 of its stories, about 8 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 17 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 16,775 stories about harm among 89,889 counted on 17 Sep.

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Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,889 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Peru, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 September 2024, 19 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 →

Israel58 in 100 of its 1,110 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 369 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda55 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela51 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Peru43 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 23 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 901 London UK187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Utah County US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Hollywood US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Utah US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Korea: 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: 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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'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 readMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPitcairn: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 641 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,599 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice27% 4,450 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,426 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence14% 2,342 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 814 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 795 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 661 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 359 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 killed3,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured736 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Peru Stories reporting refugees108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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