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The day's news pointed at protests in Prague (Czechia), violence in Trawniki and arrests in Guatemala. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPoland 69 in 100 of its 826 stories, usually 20
RegionSouth Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Protests & strikes

Czechia

186 of its 279 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Prague accounted for 177 of the Czechia's 186 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 125 of Prague's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

569 of its 826 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Trawniki accounted for 529 of Poland's 569 stories about harm, carried by 773 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (432 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Trawniki stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

657 of its 1,337 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Heavy rain was named in 188 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hypothermia, avalanche and storms.

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

Cambodia

192 of its 262 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 68 of Phnom Penh's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Uganda

101 of its 210 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 55 of Kampala's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

98 of its 247 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

136 of its 372 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 67 of Tan Son Nhat's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Oman

18 of its 53 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

185 of its 495 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave and tuberculosis.

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Iraq (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Croatia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (209 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 35,865 stories about harm among 182,014 counted on 21 Aug.

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In the Czechia, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 182,014 stories, below the usual 21. On 21 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua77 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 81 · mostly food & livelihood Yemen74 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia73 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Sudan72 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1203 Charlottesville US284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 New York US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Chapel Hill US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Hollywood US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSlovenia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong 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 readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 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'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: 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'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 255 stories about harm ● Guatemala few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 569 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as fearful as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as fearful as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 457 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 11,543 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health21% 7,347 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 7,308 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence13% 4,705 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,754 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,113 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 805 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 726 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 killed10,892 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions469 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations435 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland

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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