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The day's news pointed at plane crash in Greece, violence in Moscow and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 43 in 100 of its 262 stories, usually 22
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Greece

112 of its 262 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 88 of Greece's 112 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

165 of its 339 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 84 of Russia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

253 of its 529 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 25 of Islamabad's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Flu was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Egypt

50 of its 160 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

170 of its 529 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding.

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

61 of its 152 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Flooding was named in 14 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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Conflict & violence

Sudan

32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 16 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

78 of its 123 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 46 of Palestine's 78 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Romania (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Spain (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Hungary (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 12,028 stories about harm among 62,058 counted on 3 Aug.

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In Egypt's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,058 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Greece. In Greece, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 3 August 2025, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine63 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 506 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Russia49 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan48 in 100 of its 529 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 391 Tehran Iran39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Islamabad Pakistan25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Swat Pakistan20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman 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 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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'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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'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'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'sCôte 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: 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'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiechtenstein: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 363 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 259 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents24% 2,840 stories · about as usual Health24% 2,799 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 2,626 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,503 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 697 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 523 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 439 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 346 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 killed3,395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations328 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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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