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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.

Where harm was most of the news all →

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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 36 outletsCarrick-On-Suir, Ireland -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 32 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrooklyn, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 33 stories, carried by 17 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

● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Carrick-On-Suir Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 69 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

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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