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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Afghanistan, protests in Yerevan (Armenia) and wildfires in Greece. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 73 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,030 of its 1,211 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 844 of Afghanistan's 1,030 stories about harm, carried by 667 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Power cuts were named in 270 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

281 of its 486 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yerevan accounted for 255 of Armenia's 281 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. 196 of Yerevan's 255 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

229 of its 587 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories). Wildfires were named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

365 of its 1,056 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Romania

123 of its 408 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 48 of Bucharest's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

130 of its 178 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 14 of Zagreb's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

54 of its 80 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 52 of Senegal's 54 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 49 of Dakar's 52 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

67 of its 100 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 41 of Brazzaville's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Angola

41 of its 95 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

734 of its 2,656 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in U.S. Virgin Islands (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gambia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Somalia (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 54,385 stories about harm among 248,254 counted on 1 Aug.

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In Hong Kong's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 248,254 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%. Over July, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 1,211 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,964 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia73 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 20 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia72 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria595 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1300 Washington US320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2154 Ankara Türkiye251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Yerevan Armenia196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Delhi India194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 643

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: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half 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

● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 614 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 1,030 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,002 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,604 stories about harm ● Malaysia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 365 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 13,940 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 13,220 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 10,674 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,366 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,589 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,410 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,072 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,000 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 killed18,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,777 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations959 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions756 at about half the usual rate · most about Brazil and Australia Stories reporting refugees551 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill90 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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