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25 Sep to 24 Oct: in the world's news as a whole, every feeling was about as usual. Here is where each feeling rose most, each country against its own usual (its 30 days before).

Against the world Against its own usual

Where each feeling rose most

Anger

Anger rose most in France: about twice its own usual.

5,767 stories about harm
Against the world: about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Grief

Grief rose most in Jordan: about twice its own usual.

499 stories about harm
Against the world: about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Fear

Fear rose most in Venezuela: about one and a half times its own usual.

496 stories about harm
Against the world: about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Warmth

Warmth rose most in Norway: about one and a half times its own usual.

343 stories about harm
Against the world: about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Harsh and warm words, by country

The average tone of the words in each country's stories about people being harmed, 224 countries. Filled dot: the country. Ring: the world. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. How?

On the map

Zambia: feelings about like its own usualYemen: feelings about like its own usualVanuatu: feelings about like its own usualUzbekistan: feelings about like its own usualUruguay: feelings about like its own usualMicronesia: feelings about like its own usualGuam: feelings about like its own usualUnited States: feelings about like its own usualSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like its own usualIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like its own usualTurkmenistan: feelings about like its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like its own usualTogo: feelings about like its own usualTimor-Leste: feelings about like its own usualThailand: feelings about like its own usualTaiwan: feelings about like its own usualEswatini: feelings about like its own usualSuriname: feelings about like its own usualSri Lanka: feelings about like its own usualSpain: feelings about like its own usualSouth Africa: feelings about like its own usualSomaliland: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like its own usualSeychelles: feelings about like its own usualSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like its own usualSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like its own usualPeru: feelings about like its own usualParaguay: feelings about like its own usualPapua New Guinea: feelings about like its own usualPalau: feelings about like its own usualNigeria: feelings about like its own usualNicaragua: feelings about like its own usualNew Zealand: feelings about like its own usualCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like its own usualMorocco: feelings about like its own usualWestern Sahara: feelings about like its own usualMontenegro: feelings about like its own usualMoldova: feelings about like its own usualMexico: feelings about like its own usualMauritius: feelings about like its own usualMauritania: feelings about like its own usualMalta: feelings about like its own usualMalaysia: feelings about like its own usualNorth Macedonia: feelings about like its own usualLuxembourg: feelings about like its own usualLiberia: feelings about like its own usualLaos: feelings about like its own usualKyrgyzstan: feelings about like its own usualKuwait: feelings about like its own usualKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like its own usualIsrael: feelings about like its own usualIreland: feelings about like its own usualIraq: feelings about like its own usualIceland: feelings about like its own usualHungary: feelings about like its own usualHonduras: feelings about like its own usualHaiti: feelings about like its own usualGuyana: feelings about like its own usualGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like its own usualGuinea: feelings about like its own usualGhana: feelings about like its own usualGermany: feelings about like its own usualGambia: feelings about like its own usualGabon: feelings about like its own usualSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like its own usualNew Caledonia: feelings about like its own usualFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like its own usualEstonia: feelings about like its own usualEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like its own usualDominica: feelings about like its own usualGreenland: feelings about like its own usualFaroe Islands: feelings about like its own usualDenmark: feelings about like its own usualCzech Republic: feelings about like its own usualN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like its own usualCroatia: feelings about like its own usualCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like its own usualCosta Rica: feelings about like its own usualDR Congo: feelings about like its own usualComoros: feelings about like its own usualChina: feelings about like its own usualHong Kong: feelings about like its own usualChile: feelings about like its own usualCentral African Republic: feelings about like its own usualCape Verde: feelings about like its own usualCameroon: feelings about like its own usualBurundi: feelings about like its own usualBrunei: feelings about like its own usualBrazil: feelings about like its own usualBotswana: feelings about like its own usualBolivia: feelings about like its own usualBhutan: feelings about like its own usualBenin: feelings about like its own usualBelize: feelings about like its own usualBarbados: feelings about like its own usualBahrain: feelings about like its own usualAustria: feelings about like its own usualAustralia: feelings about like its own usualHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like its own usualAngola: feelings about like its own usualAfghanistan: feelings about like its own usualJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like its own usualAksai Chin: feelings about like its own usualWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like its own usualWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like its own usualAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like its own usualSiachen Glacier: feelings about like its own usualAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like its own usualVatican City: feelings about like its own usualNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like its own usualAmerican Samoa: feelings about like its own usualChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like its own usualPitcairn: feelings about like its own usualAnguilla: feelings about like its own usualBermuda: feelings about like its own usualBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like its own usualTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like its own usualGuernsey: feelings about like its own usualSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like its own usualCook Islands: feelings about like its own usualAruba: feelings about like its own usualNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like its own usualMaldives: feelings about like its own usualLiechtenstein: feelings about like its own usualWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like its own usualSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like its own usualNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like its own usualMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: fear about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: anger about one and a half times its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: fear about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: fear about its own usualTürkiye: grief about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTajikistan: fear about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: grief about its own usualSudan: grief about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: anger about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: grief about its own usualSolomon Islands: fear about one and a half times its own usualSlovakia: anger about one and a half times its own usualSlovenia: fear about its own usualSierra Leone: fear about its own usualSaudi Arabia: grief about one and a half times its own usualSamoa: fear about one and a half times its own usualSt Vincent: grief about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: grief about one and a half times its own usualRomania: grief about twice its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: anger about one and a half times its own usualPoland: anger about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: fear about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: fear about its own usualOman: fear about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: grief about one and a half times its own usualNiger: grief about its own usualNiue: fear about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: fear about one and a half times its own usualNepal: anger about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: fear about its own usualMongolia: grief about its own usualMali: anger about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: fear about its own usualLithuania: fear about its own usualLibya: grief about one and a half times its own usualLesotho: fear about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLatvia: grief about its own usualKenya: grief about twice its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJordan: grief about twice its own usualJapan: anger about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: anger about its own usualItaly: anger about its own usualPalestine: anger about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: anger about its own usualGuatemala: grief about one and a half times its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGreece: anger about its own usualGeorgia: anger about its own usualFrance: anger about twice its own usualFinland: fear about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: anger about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: anger about one and a half times its own usualEl Salvador: anger about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: fear about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: grief about one and a half times its own usualDominican Republic: fear about its own usualDjibouti: grief about twice its own usualCyprus: fear about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: fear about its own usualChad: grief about one and a half times its own usualCanada: grief about its own usualCambodia: fear about its own usualMyanmar: grief about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: fear about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: anger about one and a half times its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: anger about its own usualBelarus: grief about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: anger about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAndorra: grief about its own usualAlgeria: fear about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: anger about twice its own usualPalestine: anger about its own usualPalestine: anger about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: anger about its own usualMarshall Islands: fear about its own usualSan Marino: fear about its own usual
Anger · 22 countriesGrief · 23 countriesFear · 28 countriesWarmth · 25 countries Like its own usualToo little news

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