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The day's news pointed at protests in Ladakh (Kashmir), violence in Tehran and arrests in Moldova. Kashmir's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.
Protests & strikes
125 of its 205 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ladakh accounted for 84 of Kashmir's 125 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 78 of Ladakh's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
67 of its 163 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 42 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
13 of its 35 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Disasters & accidents
50 of its 197 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence
54 of its 105 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Damascus accounted for 23 of Syria's 54 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
16 of its 29 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 5 of Guayaquil's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Protests & strikes
7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 7 of Antananarivo's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Rights & justice
15 of its 61 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Disasters & accidents
Caracas accounted for 23 of Venezuela's 56 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Earthquake was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Rights & justice
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
earthquake in Venezuela (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (66 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Portugal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Indonesia (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in South Korea (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
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In Venezuela's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 91,131 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. A year earlier, on 25 September 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Kashmir stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%.
18 in every 100 of the day's 91,131 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Kashmir: 125 of its 205 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Iran: 67 of its 163 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moldova: 13 of its 35 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Taiwan: 50 of its 197 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Venezuela's news. Mentions of the typhoon ran about 4 times their usual in China's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. A year earlier, on 25 September 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read 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 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: too little coverage to read N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: too little coverage to read DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: too little coverage to read Hong Kong: too little coverage to read Chile: too little coverage to read Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: too little coverage to read Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: too little coverage to read Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: too little coverage to read Aksai Chin: too little coverage to read 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 Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: about as warm as its own usual or less San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Yemen: warmth about its own usual South Korea: warmth about its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Saudi Arabia: warmth about its own usual Russia: warmth about its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual Ireland: warmth about its own usual Greece: warmth about its own usual Congo: warmth about its own usual Afghanistan: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Kashmir: warmth about its own usual Oregon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 18 outlets Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outlets Calgary, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 29 outlets Colorado, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outlets Glastonbury, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outlets Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 19 outlets Accra, Ghana -- health: 38 stories, carried by 17 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 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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