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14,444 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the hurricane in Hong Kong, protests in Manila (Philippines) and violence in Jbeil. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBermuda 61 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 32
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

55 of its 132 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kwun Tong accounted for 33 of Hong Kong's 55 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Kwun Tong stories →
Protests & strikes

Philippines

247 of its 607 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 56 of Manila's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cyclone, storm surge and power cuts.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Manila stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jbeil accounted for 35 of Lebanon's 43 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Jbeil stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Egypt

73 of its 178 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 25 of Cairo's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Italy

98 of its 462 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 26 of Rome's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 336 of Palestine's 388 stories about harm, carried by 708 outlets. Train derailment was named in 10 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.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 152 of Israel's 446 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of refugees 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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Conflict & violence

Sudan

46 of its 53 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); screwworm in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in China (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 14,444 stories about harm among 77,735 counted on 22 Sep.

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In Hong Kong, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 77,735 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual in the Philippines' news. On 22 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan87 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda61 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel59 in 100 of its 755 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon58 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 685 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Hollywood US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Manila Philippines56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Phoenix US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Arizona US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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 readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 446 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 223 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 3,957 stories · about as usual Health27% 3,779 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,344 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,325 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 720 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 411 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 397 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 229 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 killed3,160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured801 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of 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 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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