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The news turned to landslides in Georgia, people displaced in Beirut and people falling ill in South Korea. Georgia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 47 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 13
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Georgia

46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Shovi accounted for 39 of Georgia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Shovi stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

104 of its 159 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Beirut accounted for 95 of Lebanon's 104 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

South Korea

163 of its 494 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

72 of its 238 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

84 of its 101 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Darfur accounted for 37 of Sudan's 84 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

110 of its 232 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 99 of Romania's 110 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Slovenia

26 of its 43 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

134 of its 455 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

61 of its 89 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

87 of its 277 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 22 of Harare's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Slovenia (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (24 of its stories, about 4 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 4 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 19,709 stories about harm among 108,880 counted on 4 Aug.

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In Georgia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,880 stories, as usual. Georgia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 4 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Georgia81 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria69 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon65 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Palestine65 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Niamey Niger75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Moscow Russia67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Hollywood US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Manipur India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about twice its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBali, Indonesia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- health: 19 stories, carried by 48 outletsBeverly Hills, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 27 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsMoroto, Uganda -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Belize warmth about twice usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bali Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Beverly Hills US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,665 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,075 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,326 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,012 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 977 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 709 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 497 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 killed4,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about twice the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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