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The day's news pointed at plane crash in Nepal, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and people affected in New Zealand. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 75 in 100 of its 414 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Nepal

312 of its 414 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kathmandu accounted for 255 of Nepal's 312 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (283 stories). Plane crash was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

141 of its 255 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 98 of Bangladesh's 141 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 75 of Dhaka's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

New Zealand

179 of its 627 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Health

South Africa

268 of its 811 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

68 of its 94 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Gofa accounted for 44 of Ethiopia's 68 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

379 of its 694 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Philippine accounted for 180 of the Philippines' 379 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with cyclone, tropical storm and power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

78 of its 198 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritania

23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Nouakchott accounted for 21 of Mauritania's 23 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Uganda

59 of its 128 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 29 of Kampala's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Tbilisi's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Poland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Taiwan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Panama (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Brazil (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Greece (11 of its stories, about 8 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 24 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 18,830 stories about harm among 104,113 counted on 24 Jul.

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Poland's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,113 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Nepal stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. On 25 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal75 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia72 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 1,497 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan61 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 677 Dhaka Bangladesh75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Delhi India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Jerusalem Israel54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Bihar India53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89

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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSt 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than 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 fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 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 5 times as fearful as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 955 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 312 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 190 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,903 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,487 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents20% 3,717 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 865 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 674 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 646 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 484 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 killed4,279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,166 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions485 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations318 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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