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19,991 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Vienna, protests in Southport (UK) and building collapse in Germany. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 76 in 100 of its 321 stories, usually 15
RegionEurope 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Conflict & violence

Austria

243 of its 321 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vienna accounted for 237 of Austria's 243 stories about harm, carried by 530 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Protests & strikes

UK

1,973 of its 7,262 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 314 of Southport's 462 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

UK over 30 days → its stories → Southport stories →
Displacement

Germany

166 of its 701 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Building collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

77 of its 154 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kathmandu accounted for 55 of Nepal's 77 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 12 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 399 of Bangladesh's 579 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. 295 of Dhaka's 399 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times 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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Health

Congo

41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Outbreaks were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

265 of its 658 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

187 of its 336 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 98 of Iran's 187 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

24 of its 35 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Denmark

64 of its 173 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Congo (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Italy (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Yemen (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,991 stories about harm among 106,244 counted on 7 Aug.

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In Austria, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,244 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Congo's news. A year earlier, on 8 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Austria76 in 100 of its 321 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine63 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,208 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Southport UK314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 462 Dhaka Bangladesh295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 London UK197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376 Belfast UK101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 474

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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'sQatar: 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIndia: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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 about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 758 stories about harm ● Austria about twice as fearful as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 5,202 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 4,971 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,926 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,737 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 790 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 707 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 672 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 567 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 killed4,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,587 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected2,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations327 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced173 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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
● 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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