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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Jerusalem, deaths in Campia Turzii and wildfires in Croatia. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 78 in 100 of its 2,869 stories, usually 47
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

2,246 of its 2,869 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 2,081 of Israel's 2,246 stories about harm, carried by 768 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (596 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.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

84 of its 141 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Campia Turzii accounted for 80 of Romania's 84 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Campia Turzii stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

38 of its 64 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Indonesia

118 of its 223 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

521 of its 632 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 334 of Afghanistan's 521 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

67 of its 122 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 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.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

301 of its 785 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Tsunami was named in 127 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

213 of its 741 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Flooding was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

245 of its 516 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Poisoning was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (127 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (85 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Iran (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 24,533 stories about harm among 99,569 counted on 23 Jul.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Israel. In Croatia's news, mentions of wildfires ran about 4 times their usual. Israel stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 99,569 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 632 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel78 in 100 of its 2,869 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Libya74 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela71 in 100 of its 404 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel986 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2081 Caracas Venezuela245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 London UK154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461 Moscow Russia89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'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 readRussia: 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: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sCuba: 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'sCongo: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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'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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 521 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Timor-Leste few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 262 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 6,452 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice25% 6,044 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 4,462 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,953 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,673 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 747 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 512 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 306 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 killed9,796 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests3,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,316 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees233 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people displaced214 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting people falling ill40 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 much 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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