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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Belize City, people displaced in Dubai and protests in Harare (Zimbabwe). Zimbabwe's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 87 in 100 of its 540 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Belize

471 of its 540 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Belize City accounted for 389 of Belize's 471 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Storm surge was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Belize City stories →
Displacement

United Arab Emirates

1,527 of its 2,368 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dubai accounted for 1,505 of the United Arab Emirates' 1,527 stories about harm, carried by 1,236 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (176 stories). Plane crash was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Dubai stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

262 of its 589 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 149 of Harare's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

72 of its 126 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Cyclone was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

175 of its 188 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Roatan accounted for 158 of Honduras' 175 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

145 of its 159 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bujumbura accounted for 127 of Burundi's 145 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

651 of its 1,233 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Ukraine

163 of its 340 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 3 of Dushanbe's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Rights & justice

Philippines

744 of its 2,247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dengue was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption, avalanche and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (181 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Austria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Australia (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 58,581 stories about harm among 282,237 counted on 3 Aug.

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Belize's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. For the second day running, the news turned to Belize. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 282,237 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nauru94 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Honduras93 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi91 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Belize87 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya80 in 100 of its 640 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2883 Aleppo Syria221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 732 Islamabad Pakistan194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Shigen China170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Boston US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508

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: 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'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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNauru: 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

● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Burundi about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Romania few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,049 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,214 stories · about as usual Health21% 11,846 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 10,759 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents16% 9,287 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,636 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,742 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services3% 1,808 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,164 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 killed15,685 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected7,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,809 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,291 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting refugees1,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions679 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and India Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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