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The news turned to violence in Jammu, rights and justice in Johannesburg and people killed in Fiji. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFiji 43 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 10 in 100 of its stories, usually 7
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

48 of its 131 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

223 of its 675 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Johannesburg accounted for 115 of South Africa's 223 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Fiji

40 of its 94 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). HIV was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.

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

Malawi

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

44 of its 88 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

26 of its 83 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

49 of its 158 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 24 of Afghanistan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Samoa

8 of its 21 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in Nepal (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (22 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Australia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in UK (61 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 12,289 stories about harm among 70,672 counted on 17 Sep.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 24 June 2026. Kashmir stood out: 37% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. A year earlier, on 17 September 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. of the day's 70,672 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal74 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Gaza Palestine50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Delhi India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Tehran Iran24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: 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'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier 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'sJordan: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier 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'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: 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 three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● South Africa about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,022 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,897 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,078 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence14% 1,633 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 860 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 700 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 534 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 256 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 killed3,218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured647 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations70 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about the usual rate

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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