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Violence in Vienna, the earthquake in Japan and protests in Caracas (Venezuela) drew the news. Austria's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Conflict & violence
599 of its 753 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vienna accounted for 582 of Austria's 599 stories about harm, carried by 1,339 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
368 of its 1,741 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 203 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with tsunami.
Protests & strikes
69 of its 133 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 24 of Caracas' 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Rights & justice
1,898 of its 7,285 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Whooping cough was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
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Conflict & violence
25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
45 of Nairobi's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
Protests & strikes
21 of its 56 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 9 of Sofia's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
Disasters & accidents
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Rights & justice
106 of its 516 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
flooding in Yemen (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Greece (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in France (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Canada (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
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Austria stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 105,309 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Austria. Japan's news mentioned the earthquake about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 9 August 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 105,309 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Austria: 599 of its 753 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Japan: 368 of its 1,741 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Venezuela: 69 of its 133 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. UK: 1,898 of its 7,285 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 10 times their usual in Japan's news. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Austria. A year earlier, on 9 August 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: too little coverage to read United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: too little coverage to read Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: too little coverage to read Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or less New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: about as warm as its own usual or less Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: too little coverage to read Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: too little coverage to read Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Zimbabwe: warmth about its own usual Thailand: warmth about its own usual Taiwan: warmth about its own usual Liberia: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Nevada, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 10 outlets Indiana, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 29 outlets Nuffield, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 21 outlets Workington, UK -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- health: 28 stories, carried by 21 outlets Jammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 95 stories, carried by 39 outlets Manipur, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 12 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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