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16,968 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to flooding in Kashmir, illness in Darfur and rights and justice in Sweden. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 60 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

133 of its 228 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Sudan

60 of its 82 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Darfur accounted for 31 of Sudan's 60 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

137 of its 359 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ghana

150 of its 466 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

91 of its 392 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

New Zealand

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

94 of its 231 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Kuwait (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); rabies in India (46 of its stories, about 4 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 14 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 16,968 stories about harm among 90,810 counted on 14 Aug.

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In Kashmir's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 90,810 stories, as usual. Kashmir's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 14 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Syria61 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico60 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir58 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel58 in 100 of its 944 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 742 Delhi India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Jerusalem Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Toronto Canada34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Chennai India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNetherlands: 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'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 295 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 543 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 150 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,359 stories · about as usual Health25% 4,215 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,510 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,015 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 691 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 660 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 399 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 killed3,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,256 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions244 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about the usual rate

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 much softer than 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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