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15,736 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Kashmir, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and violence in Vienna. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 38 in 100 of its 208 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

125 of its 196 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 99 of Kashmir's 125 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

48 of its 113 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Colombo accounted for 32 of Sri Lanka's 48 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 18 of Colombo's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

27 of its 72 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Vienna accounted for 22 of Austria's 27 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

181 of its 287 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 130 of Palestine's 181 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 181 of Israel's 660 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. 98 of Jerusalem's 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

78 of its 208 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Typhoon was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain.

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

33 of its 95 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Australia

516 of its 2,176 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Denmark (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Poland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 4 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 26 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 15,736 stories about harm among 87,741 counted on 26 Aug.

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Of the day's 87,741 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

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Israel67 in 100 of its 986 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine63 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan44 in 100 of its 611 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 682 Jerusalem Israel98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Gaza Palestine24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCayman Islands: 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'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer 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'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer 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'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than 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 more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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 · 660 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 516 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 346 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,071 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,999 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,180 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,964 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 730 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 592 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 494 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 393 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 killed3,523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,740 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured801 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Spain

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 about as 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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