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The day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), violence in Mecca and rights and justice in Johannesburg. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 43 in 100 of its 725 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Minsk accounted for 19 of Belarus' 24 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 14 of Minsk's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

310 of its 725 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mecca accounted for 177 of Saudi Arabia's 310 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

223 of its 699 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Johannesburg accounted for 116 of South Africa's 223 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
Health

Fiji

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.

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

Israel

353 of its 644 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

65 of its 78 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kordofan accounted for 46 of Sudan's 65 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

251 of its 626 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 191 of Palestine's 237 stories about harm, carried by 507 outlets. Hunger was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Guatemala City's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

26 of its 72 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Palestine (55 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); building collapse in Israel (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iran (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (196 of its stories, more than ten 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 16 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 13,314 stories about harm among 72,567 counted on 16 Sep.

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Belarus' news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 72,567 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Fiji's news mentioned HIV about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 16 September 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal70 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine59 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel55 in 100 of its 644 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Washington US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Utah Valley US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Los Angeles US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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'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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSouth Korea: 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: 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 readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sIreland: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: 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 warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer 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'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 353 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 326 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 3,109 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 2,905 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,204 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence16% 2,092 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood7% 888 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 882 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 589 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 killed3,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees162 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations95 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half 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 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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