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Protests in Agadir (Morocco), people injured in the UK and building collapse in Indonesia drew the news. Morocco's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 48 in 100 of its 162 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

77 of its 162 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 21 of Agadir's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Agadir stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

1,841 of its 6,840 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (415 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

109 of its 258 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Sidoarjo accounted for 47 of Indonesia's 109 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sidoarjo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

48 of its 133 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

776 of its 1,105 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 134 of Ashdod's 150 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (278 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). House fires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

185 of its 475 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Earthquake was named in 110 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

29 of its 68 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 29 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

38 of its 77 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge and power cuts.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (110 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Bermuda (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (37 of its stories, about 5 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 2 Oct. 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 15,630 stories about harm among 85,824 counted on 2 Oct.

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Morocco stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 85,824 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. the news turned to Morocco for the second day running. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in the Philippines' news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel70 in 100 of its 1,105 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir58 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda49 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon49 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ashdod Israel134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 582 Jerusalem Israel63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Gaza Palestine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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 readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: 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 warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Morocco about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,841 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,289 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,064 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,449 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,370 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 856 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 514 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 483 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 312 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 killed4,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,389 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 about as 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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