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Rights and justice in Oslo, people affected in Pakistan and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorway 43 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Norway

49 of its 115 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Oslo accounted for 24 of Norway's 49 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

331 of its 667 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Power cuts were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Nepal

26 of its 64 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Measles was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Sudan

61 of its 78 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

46 of its 105 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

124 of its 417 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).

its stories →
Health

Finland

25 of its 86 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Somalia

26 of its 44 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Diphtheria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bahamas (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Jersey (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in France (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 15,985 stories about harm among 87,930 counted on 19 Aug.

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Norway's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 87,930 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Bahamas' news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. On 19 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Israel67 in 100 of its 798 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 279 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria52 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Jerusalem Israel67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Toronto Canada37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Dallas US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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'sRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than 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 angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 538 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 362 stories about harm ● Kenya about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,168 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health26% 4,038 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,560 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,748 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 684 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 596 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 483 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 346 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 killed3,794 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured826 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir

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 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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