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The news turned to protests in Jakarta (Indonesia), violence in Kyiv and evacuations in Pakistan. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.
Protests & strikes
87 of its 267 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jakarta accounted for 64 of Indonesia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 54 of Jakarta's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
228 of its 537 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 170 of Ukraine's 228 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
248 of its 527 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Natural hazards were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
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Conflict & violence
259 of its 666 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Protests & strikes
17 of its 38 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Bathurst's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Disasters & accidents
16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Conflict & violence
29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Conflict & violence
28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Health
68 of its 340 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
earthquake in Malaysia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chickenpox in UK (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (76 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,150 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In Indonesia, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 29 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
19 in every 100 of the day's 83,150 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Indonesia: 87 of its 267 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ukraine: 228 of its 537 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Pakistan: 248 of its 527 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Zambia: 12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Malaysia's news. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 5 times their usual in Japan's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 29 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: too little coverage to read Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: too little coverage to read Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: too little coverage to read Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or less New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: too little coverage to read Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: too little coverage to read Bahrain: too little coverage to read Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or less Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: about as warm as its own usual or less San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: about as warm as its own usual or less Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Zimbabwe: warmth about its own usual Lebanon: warmth about its own usual Iraq: warmth about its own usual Haiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usual France: warmth about its own usual China: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Argentina: warmth about its own usual Albania: warmth about its own usual China: warmth about its own usual Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 142 outlets Katsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outlets Buenos Aires, Argentina -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 25 outlets Federal Hill, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 25 outlets Maine, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 21 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 28 outlets Saskatchewan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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