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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Bundibugyo and Dhaka and train derailment in Pakistan. Uganda's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 54 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 27
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Uganda

102 of its 160 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bundibugyo accounted for 67 of Uganda's 102 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Bundibugyo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

75 of its 181 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 37 of Bangladesh's 75 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

147 of its 403 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Kashmir

56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

120 of its 223 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

20 of its 48 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 10 of Caracas' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

31 of its 121 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dubai accounted for 31 of the United Arab Emirates' 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Phnom Penh's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Congo

58 of its 67 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Philippines (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in China (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in UK (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about 8 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 25 May. 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 9,252 stories about harm among 49,181 counted on 25 May.

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It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Uganda. of the day's 49,181 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Uganda stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. A year earlier, on 25 May 2025, 20 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 →

Congo87 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Uganda64 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Kashmir54 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 27 · mostly displacement Ukraine54 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Jerusalem Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Kyiv Ukraine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Tehran Iran17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Ankara Türkiye15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 17

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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 readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Uganda about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 93 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health23% 2,129 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 2,048 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence17% 1,517 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,508 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 418 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 379 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 killed2,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured697 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations218 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions143 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees56 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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