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The news turned to oil spill in Cuba, violence in Gaza and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPalestine 85 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 58
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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

Cuba

84 of its 124 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Matanzas accounted for 70 of Cuba's 84 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Oil spill was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Matanzas stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

132 of its 155 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 51 of Palestine's 132 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

28 of its 81 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 9 of Minsk's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

148 of its 389 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Seoul accounted for 128 of South Korea's 148 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Flooding was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

238 of its 467 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 102 of Pakistan's 238 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

293 of its 519 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

48 of its 71 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of Conakry's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Korea (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 16,584 stories about harm among 77,682 counted on 9 Aug.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 77,682 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in South Korea's news. In Cuba, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine85 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba68 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq68 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 519 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 612 Islamabad Pakistan36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Vermont State Police US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 Nablus Palestine20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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 readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 427 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,617 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,038 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,399 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,003 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 727 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 498 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 292 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 killed3,963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations146 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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