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The day's news pointed at people killed in Puerto Rico, protests in Rabat (Morocco) and people injured in Germany. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNew Caledonia 95 in 100 of its 110 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Puerto Rico

431 of its 495 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (409 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

89 of its 138 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rabat accounted for 65 of Morocco's 89 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 63 of Rabat's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

713 of its 1,987 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (159 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Finland

57 of its 179 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Nicaragua

263 of its 280 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bluefields accounted for 137 of Nicaragua's 263 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 135 of Bluefields' 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

379 of its 486 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

173 of its 263 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

194 of its 234 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Heavy rain was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

137 of its 179 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 108 of Somalia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

76 of its 255 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in New Caledonia (103 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (95 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Czechia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Japan (34 of its stories, about 5 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 29 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 42,057 stories about harm among 207,579 counted on 29 Aug.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Puerto Rico. of the day's 207,579 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. New Caledonia's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 29 August 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Puerto Rico, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

New Caledonia95 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua94 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico87 in 100 of its 495 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar83 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen80 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Pune India414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 446 Delhi India280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 484 Chemnitz Germany173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1454 Southfield US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'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'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'sSingapore: 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 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'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: 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'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readNorfolk 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 three times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry 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'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMacao: 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

● Finland about three times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 431 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 379 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,547 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,507 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,099 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence15% 6,039 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,518 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,527 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,310 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 889 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 killed12,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,307 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees978 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Venezuela Stories reporting people displaced516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions325 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Morocco and the US Stories reporting evacuations289 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill96 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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