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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Dhaka, violence in Tigray and flooding in Pakistan. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 52 in 100 of its 679 stories, usually 37
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

98 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 44 of Bangladesh's 98 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

58 of its 100 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 54 of Ethiopia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). 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.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

353 of its 679 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 217 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, storms and power cuts.

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

Syria

69 of its 94 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 14 of Myanmar's 23 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

North Korea

26 of its 51 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 98 of Afghanistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Power cuts were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in North Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Japan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 15,328 stories about harm among 75,003 counted on 26 Aug.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. of the day's 75,003 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Pakistan's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 26 August 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Bangladesh, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh54 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan52 in 100 of its 679 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 526 London UK64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Los Angeles US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 San Francisco US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 302 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 5,945 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,945 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,143 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,432 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood8% 1,276 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 560 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 515 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 305 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 killed3,186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured708 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees191 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations105 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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