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Violence in Bishkek, rights and justice in Magdeme and protests in Harare (Zimbabwe) drew the news. Kyrgyzstan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKyrgyzstan 86 in 100 of its 617 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 76 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Kyrgyzstan

530 of its 617 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bishkek accounted for 457 of Kyrgyzstan's 530 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (464 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

87 of its 131 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Magdeme accounted for 65 of Cameroon's 87 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Magdeme stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

403 of its 935 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 253 of Harare's 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

Jordan

318 of its 572 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Uruguay

67 of its 101 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Montevideo accounted for 63 of Uruguay's 67 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uzbekistan

182 of its 241 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tashkent accounted for 114 of Uzbekistan's 182 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

536 of its 596 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 482 of Somalia's 536 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (220 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

558 of its 927 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Dhaka accounted for 426 of Bangladesh's 558 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Brazil

558 of its 1,720 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (89 stories). Rubella was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and oil spill.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Norway

255 of its 579 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (205 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Hong Kong (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Kenya (41 of its stories, more than ten 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 30 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 59,570 stories about harm among 271,078 counted on 30 Aug.

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Kyrgyzstan's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 271,078 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia90 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Kyrgyzstan86 in 100 of its 617 stories · usually 17 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan76 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 1,670 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 845 Harare Zimbabwe253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1545 Dhaka Bangladesh182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 Gaza Palestine146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'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: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sChad: 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'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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than 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'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Norway about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 255 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 530 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 536 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,175 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,953 stories · about as usual Health24% 13,815 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 11,224 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,854 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,449 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,656 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,017 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 killed17,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,428 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced700 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions615 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations482 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill101 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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