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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kenscoff, heavy rain in Bangladesh and protests in Kathmandu (Nepal). Haiti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 82 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 42
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

53 of its 65 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kenscoff accounted for 50 of Haiti's 53 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Kenscoff stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

80 of its 203 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (22 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

South Sudan

31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jonglei accounted for 20 of South Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

83 of its 160 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Damascus accounted for 48 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 109 of Israel's 241 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Unrwa accounted for 38 of Palestine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Armenia

23 of its 110 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

37 of its 50 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in France (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (41 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 12,909 stories about harm among 69,138 counted on 25 Aug.

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France's news mentioned tornadoes more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,138 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. A year earlier, on 25 August 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti82 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Tehran Iran26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: 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 twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier 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

● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,406 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice25% 3,124 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,314 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 1,343 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 968 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 628 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 436 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 399 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 killed3,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured756 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 much softer than 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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