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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Kampala (Uganda), violence in Luhansk and deaths in Jablanica. Ukraine's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 79 in 100 of its 806 stories, usually 42
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Uganda

633 of its 806 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kampala accounted for 408 of Uganda's 633 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. 320 of Kampala's 408 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (367 stories).

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

190 of its 374 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Luhansk accounted for 138 of Ukraine's 190 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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

Bosnia

74 of its 92 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jablanica accounted for 65 of Bosnia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Jablanica stories →
Health

Hong Kong

50 of its 189 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

France

900 of its 2,061 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Trappes accounted for 824 of France's 900 stories about harm, carried by 842 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

195 of its 215 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 134 of Yemen's 195 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Diphtheria was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

141 of its 153 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

267 of its 349 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

887 of its 2,239 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (329 stories). Plague was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

133 of its 209 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 33 of Phnom Penh's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (81 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in South Africa (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 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 39,025 stories about harm among 205,219 counted on 23 Aug.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Uganda. In Uganda, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. On 23 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. 19 in every 100 of the day's 205,219 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya92 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen91 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua83 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Bosnia80 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 52 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Uganda79 in 100 of its 806 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kampala Uganda320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Phoenix US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1041 New Delhi India116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Arua Uganda107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: 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 a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: 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'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● France about 4 times as angry as the world's · 900 stories about harm ● Ukraine about 4 times as angry as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,417 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 8,749 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,867 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,629 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,911 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,169 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 999 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 646 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 killed9,591 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,461 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,022 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,478 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda Stories reporting refugees557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced433 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting abductions320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations317 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill87 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 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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