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Most of the day's attention went to volcanic eruption in Indonesia, people displaced in Arab Salim and building collapse in India. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 78 in 100 of its 241 stories, usually 39
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

189 of its 241 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jakarta accounted for 116 of Indonesia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

63 of its 89 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Arab Salim accounted for 40 of Lebanon's 63 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Arab Salim stories →
Rights & justice

India

944 of its 3,307 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Building collapse was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Cape Verde

22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cape Verde over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Egypt

38 of its 94 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

195 of its 508 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

100 of its 401 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 86 of Ukraine's 98 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

22 of its 72 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Papua New Guinea

7 of its 19 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 6,927 stories about harm among 33,528 counted on 6 Sep.

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The news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 33,528 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. In Indonesia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 September 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal84 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 83 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia78 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon71 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba53 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Israel47 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Dover UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25 Washington US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Arab Salim Lebanon14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Mumbai India13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Cape Verde few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 168 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 1,829 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health21% 1,419 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice20% 1,391 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,023 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 446 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 319 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 225 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 156 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 killed2,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured641 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced86 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting abductions55 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees39 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about India 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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