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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), rights and justice in Ankara and the cyclone in Fiji drew the news. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 60 in 100 of its 253 stories, usually 20
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,545 of its 2,414 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 791 of Israel's 1,545 stories about harm, carried by 386 outlets. 399 of Jerusalem's 791 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (371 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

367 of its 680 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ankara accounted for 248 of Türkiye's 367 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (173 stories). Poisoning was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

151 of its 253 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Cyclone was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Armenia

100 of its 190 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 86 of Armenia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (79 stories).

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

141 of its 166 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 40 of Guatemala City's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

152 of its 235 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 35 of Anantnag's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Africa

1,198 of its 2,154 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 494 of Johannesburg's 659 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

207 of its 430 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

235 of its 272 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 158 of Somalia's 235 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

166 of its 400 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in France (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Afghanistan (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sweden (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Thailand (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Spain (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Apr. 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 37,067 stories about harm among 171,686 counted on 2 Apr.

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Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 171,686 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Israel. On 2 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Israel stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala85 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 869 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq67 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Johannesburg South Africa494 stories about protests or strikes, of its 659 Clark County US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Jerusalem Israel399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 791 Delhi India352 stories about protests or strikes, of its 721 Washington US342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1892

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'sVietnam: 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: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful 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 warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: 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'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Costa Rica about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 276 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,230 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence20% 7,159 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 6,812 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 4,800 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,700 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,906 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 949 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 676 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 killed13,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,152 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests4,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,561 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions654 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations245 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Fiji Stories reporting people falling ill73 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US

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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