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Violence in Jerusalem, deaths in Pedro Juan Caballero and rights and justice in Dinka drew the news. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostParaguay 96 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 10
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 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

2,175 of its 2,983 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,981 of Israel's 2,175 stories about harm, carried by 772 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Paraguay

109 of its 113 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Pedro Juan Caballero accounted for 102 of Paraguay's 109 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Pedro Juan Caballero stories →
Rights & justice

South Sudan

204 of its 228 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Dinka accounted for 171 of South Sudan's 204 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Dinka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

79 of its 124 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Heavy rain was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Switzerland

565 of its 856 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Schaffhausen accounted for 497 of Switzerland's 565 stories about harm, carried by 518 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (504 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

341 of its 529 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Amman accounted for 303 of Jordan's 341 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,250 of its 1,463 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 1,108 of Afghanistan's 1,250 stories about harm, carried by 723 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (990 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

772 of its 1,438 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (482 stories). Gas explosion was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

62 of its 75 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 55 of Guatemala City's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

124 of its 130 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in Namibia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); norovirus in Greece (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Iran (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 41,844 stories about harm among 179,273 counted on 24 Jul.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 179,273 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran about three times their usual in Portugal's news. In Israel, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 July 2016, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay96 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 10 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Central African Republic95 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen90 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 77 · mostly health South Sudan89 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 1,463 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel674 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1981 San Antonio US558 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2178 London UK196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 715 Amman Jordan140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1156

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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'sCroatia: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,250 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 415 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about twice as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 772 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 10,148 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,117 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,919 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,520 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 3,503 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,337 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 934 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 732 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 killed15,928 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured6,509 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected5,883 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,487 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced662 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Yemen Stories reporting abductions525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations519 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill49 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 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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