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The news turned to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Tigray and building collapse in Greece. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 56 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 8
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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Protests & strikes

Israel

407 of its 683 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 45 of Jerusalem's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

50 of its 90 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

56 of its 187 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Athens accounted for 44 of Greece's 56 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Rights & justice

Liberia

33 of its 76 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kazakhstan

30 of its 104 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Georgia

11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

172 of its 441 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 84 of Pakistan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

39 of its 93 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Yemen (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Nepal (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in US (157 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 12,064 stories about harm among 66,356 counted on 25 Sep.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 66,356 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 25 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal67 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen67 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Israel60 in 100 of its 683 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Jerusalem Israel45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Islamabad Pakistan37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Gaza Palestine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFiji: 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'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little angrier 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: 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'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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 407 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 78 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,046 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 2,923 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,257 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,578 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 670 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 536 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 529 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed2,897 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured618 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of 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 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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