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A disaster in Bangkok, people killed in New Zealand and protests in Kathmandu (Nepal) drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 71 in 100 of its 297 stories, usually 28
RegionOceania 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

211 of its 297 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 194 of Thailand's 211 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (151 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Health

New Zealand

211 of its 648 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Illness was named in 125 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

81 of its 173 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Phu Quoc accounted for 43 of Vietnam's 81 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Australia

454 of its 1,516 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories). Illness was named in 198 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

90 of its 189 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding and landslides.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

93 of its 439 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Wildfires were named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

21 of its 51 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Australia (198 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in France (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in China (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Jul. 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 13,303 stories about harm among 67,751 counted on 13 Jul.

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In Thailand, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 67,751 stories, above the usual 18. Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in Bangladesh's news. On 13 July 2025, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela73 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand71 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine50 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 516 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh48 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Biddeford US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

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'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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 readTunisia: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'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: 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'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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sChad: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 522 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 438 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 211 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,472 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents23% 2,967 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,739 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence13% 1,682 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 850 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 454 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 283 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 killed3,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,469 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,050 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations206 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees75 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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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