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Landslides in Ethiopia, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and violence in Daruvar drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 80 in 100 of its 182 stories, usually 33
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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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

146 of its 182 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Gofa accounted for 105 of Ethiopia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (132 stories). Landslides were named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and flooding. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Gofa stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

165 of its 231 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Dhaka accounted for 121 of Bangladesh's 165 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 99 of Dhaka's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Croatia

35 of its 45 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Daruvar accounted for 23 of Croatia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Daruvar stories →
Shelter & services

Syria

46 of its 66 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Uganda

63 of its 136 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 39 of Kampala's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

754 of its 2,910 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (68 stories). Wildfires were named in 247 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with rabies.

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Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 174 of the Philippines' 233 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 206 of Palestine's 260 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

43 of its 159 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.

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Health

Uzbekistan

11 of its 26 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (247 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Germany (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 Jul. 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 17,959 stories about harm among 103,758 counted on 23 Jul.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 103,758 stories, below the usual 18. Ethiopia's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 24 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia80 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan73 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh71 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Syria70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 55 · mostly shelter & services Palestine67 in 100 of its 389 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781 Dhaka Bangladesh99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Kampala Uganda39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Islamabad Pakistan36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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 readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRwanda: 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'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readCyprus: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times 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 fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 628 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 260 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,978 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,934 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,451 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,280 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 873 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 730 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 694 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 516 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 killed3,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,150 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations302 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 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
● 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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