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The news turned to violence in Kyiv, protests in Luanda (Angola) and flooding in Vietnam. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.
Conflict & violence
154 of its 356 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 107 of Ukraine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Protests & strikes
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 10 of Luanda's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Disasters & accidents
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
32 of its 158 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories).
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Protests & strikes
57 of its 88 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 10 of San Salvador's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
Disasters & accidents
26 of its 76 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Rights & justice
20 of its 61 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Rights & justice
Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
3 of Sao Paulo's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Health
Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
drownings in Spain (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (46 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Canada (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); whooping cough in US (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. of the day's 94,372 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vietnam's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. Ukraine's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 1 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over July, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in July 2024.
19 in every 100 of the day's 94,372 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Ukraine: 154 of its 356 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Angola: 14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vietnam: Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Saudi Arabia: 32 of its 158 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Vietnam's news. Mentions of drownings ran about 7 times their usual in Spain's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 1 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over July, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in July 2024. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: too little coverage to read 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 South Africa: 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: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: too little coverage to read 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: 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: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 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: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: too little coverage to read Bangladesh: 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: too little coverage to read 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or less 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: about as warm as its own usual or less Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: about as warm as its own usual or less Nauru: about as warm as its own usual or less Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read 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: too little coverage to read 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 Türkiye: warmth about its own usual Spain: warmth about its own usual South Korea: warmth about its own usual Somalia: warmth about its own usual Peru: warmth about its own usual Nepal: warmth about its own usual Japan: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Ireland: warmth about its own usual Iceland: warmth about its own usual Greece: warmth about its own usual Finland: warmth about its own usual El Salvador: warmth about its own usual Egypt: warmth about its own usual Cambodia: warmth about its own usual Myanmar: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual Palestine: warmth about its own usual New Jersey, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outlets Exeter, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outlets Luanda, Angola -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 15 outlets Salou, Spain -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 99 outlets Colchester, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outlets Oregon, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 71 outlets Canberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 11 outlets Manila, Philippines -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 22 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 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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