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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Okinawa (Japan) and violence in Gaza and Tigray. Japan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostOman 45 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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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Protests & strikes

Japan

121 of its 393 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 53 of Okinawa's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Okinawa stories →
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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

157 of its 336 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 68 of Pakistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 42 of Islamabad's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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France

84 of its 328 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 37 of Paris' 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Taiwan

14 of its 54 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 6 of Taipei's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Spain

11 of Madrid's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

Havana accounted for 20 of Cuba's 31 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. 11 of Havana's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 84 of Ukraine's 96 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Russia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Iran (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in US (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 6,270 stories about harm among 32,286 counted on 4 Oct.

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Japan's news was 31% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 32,286 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 4 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Thailand, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Israel53 in 100 of its 457 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia52 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba52 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan47 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Okinawa Japan53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Islamabad Pakistan42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Paris France37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Mumbai India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan 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 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUS: 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little angrier than 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 · 157 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Japan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 1,726 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health21% 1,279 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence18% 1,124 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 953 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 391 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 255 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 242 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 151 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 killed1,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected746 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured479 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting people displaced90 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bosnia and the US Stories reporting evacuations43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees32 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Malaysia and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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