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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Seoul, violence in Beirut and people displaced in Niamey. South Korea's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 46 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

South Korea

181 of its 529 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Seoul accounted for 139 of South Korea's 181 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Heatwave was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

81 of its 175 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 65 of Lebanon's 81 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Displacement

Niger

276 of its 484 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Niamey accounted for 212 of Niger's 276 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (89 stories).

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

48 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 37 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Senegal

26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 26 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 25 of Syria's 65 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

93 of its 293 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Jersey

29 of its 135 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

13 of its 51 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Sweden (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (42 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Kenya (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 20,674 stories about harm among 116,210 counted on 3 Aug.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 31 May 2023. of the day's 116,210 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. South Korea stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. A year earlier, on 3 August 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Niger57 in 100 of its 484 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Syria55 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon46 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine42 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US394 stories about protests or strikes, of its 899 Niamey Niger92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Haryana India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Manipur India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79

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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: 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 readCuba: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little angrier 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 233 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,082 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,306 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,546 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 2,088 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,008 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 897 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 742 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 563 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 killed4,395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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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