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The news turned to road crashes in Egypt, protests in Wong Tai Sin (Hong Kong) and people killed in Austria. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 64 in 100 of its 709 stories, usually 26
RegionNorth America 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

457 of its 709 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Cairo accounted for 421 of Egypt's 457 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Road crashes were named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Wong Tai Sin accounted for 374 of Hong Kong's 510 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. 368 of Wong Tai Sin's 374 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Wong Tai Sin stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

75 of its 211 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

297 of its 760 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (200 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Libya

156 of its 177 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Tripoli accounted for 88 of Libya's 156 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

81 of its 143 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

138 of its 393 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

496 of its 893 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Jordan

39 of its 145 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

US

17,981 of its 49,687 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6,068 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in France (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Indonesia (32 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); train derailment in Libya (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 31 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 36,019 stories about harm among 147,766 counted on 5 Aug.

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Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. Egypt's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 147,766 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 5 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland65 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt64 in 100 of its 709 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US611 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5962 Wong Tai Sin Hong Kong368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Dayton US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2701 New Delhi India131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 555 Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1165

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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 readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Cambodia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Libya about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 244 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,265 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 8,007 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 6,257 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,015 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,884 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement2% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 749 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 528 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 killed16,714 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured8,200 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests3,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations472 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting people displaced298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees235 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions183 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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