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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Taipei, violence in Amman and protests in Yerevan (Armenia). Jordan's coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 62 in 100 of its 515 stories, usually 13
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

319 of its 515 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Taipei accounted for 295 of Taiwan's 319 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

235 of its 423 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Amman accounted for 186 of Jordan's 235 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

144 of its 260 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 143 of Armenia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 130 of Yerevan's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories).

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

Kenya

358 of its 907 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (207 stories). Drought was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Romania

183 of its 491 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 170 of Bucharest's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

195 of its 230 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Bamako accounted for 141 of Mali's 195 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

243 of its 483 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 108 of Dhaka's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

273 of its 560 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

120 of its 204 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Malawi

45 of its 107 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Gambia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in North Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (77 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Libya (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 37,733 stories about harm among 183,752 counted on 13 Aug.

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Taiwan stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 183,752 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Gambia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 13 August 2017, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria85 in 100 of its 744 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Mali85 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Tajikistan84 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Yemen80 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Libya79 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US965 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1108 Washington US449 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1923 Jerusalem Israel237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Bucharest Romania170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Gaza Palestine130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'sMorocco: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Jordan about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Taiwan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 319 stories about harm ● Bahrain few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 663 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,182 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 7,521 stories · about as usual Health19% 6,997 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,802 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,483 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,190 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,070 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 791 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 killed11,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,767 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations882 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced614 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions281 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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