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60,224 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at people killed in Cambodia, deaths in Yerevan and protests in Sandeng (Gambia). Armenia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 49 in 100 of its 280 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Cambodia

122 of its 247 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Hunger was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Armenia

205 of its 357 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Yerevan accounted for 143 of Armenia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

94 of its 205 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 41 of Sandeng's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Sandeng stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

137 of its 280 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Tropical storm was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

543 of its 960 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (356 stories). Hepatitis was named in 296 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,580 of its 3,465 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (806 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Peru

135 of its 300 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Italy

311 of its 1,196 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Road crashes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,600 of its 2,264 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

423 of its 743 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nablus accounted for 318 of Palestine's 423 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (52 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Saudi Arabia (296 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mexico (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Belgium (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (112 of its stories, about 6 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 23 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 60,224 stories about harm among 278,202 counted on 23 Aug.

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Bermuda's news mentioned tropical storm about 4 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 278,202 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali75 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 1,092 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye71 in 100 of its 2,264 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen70 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan68 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Karachi Pakistan315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Ankara Türkiye231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 732 Delhi India221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1001 Islamabad Pakistan202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 670 Washington US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2238

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 readSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: 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'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'sBangladesh: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: 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'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSan Marino: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Armenia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Philippines about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,023 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,770 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 13,232 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,127 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 9,512 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,022 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,643 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,419 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,202 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 killed17,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,558 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill144 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
● 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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