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The news turned to violence in Beirut, helicopter crash in Ghana and road crashes in Kenya. Ghana's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 38 in 100 of its 441 stories, usually 18
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

51 of its 72 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

109 of its 285 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kenya

60 of its 151 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 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.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Chad

14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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

Greece

69 of its 189 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 38 of Greece's 69 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

45 of its 104 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 45 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

167 of its 441 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

72 of its 137 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 141 of Palestine's 183 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

20 of its 68 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in France (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in US (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 9,832 stories about harm among 49,652 counted on 9 Aug.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 49,652 stories, as usual. On 9 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon71 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 586 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir53 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Gaza Palestine52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Kolkata India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualZhob, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsKarabakh, Russia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 39 outletsKakori, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOttawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 41 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsIllinois, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsSyracuse, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 343 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

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.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Zhob Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Karabakh Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Kakori India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Ottawa Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 2,321 stories · about as usual Health23% 2,187 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,136 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,658 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 549 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 319 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 254 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 239 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 killed2,699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured735 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations202 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 harsher 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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