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The day's news pointed at protests in Gaza (Palestine), violence in Berlin and people affected in Zimbabwe. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 58 in 100 of its 1,977 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

958 of its 1,127 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 716 of Palestine's 958 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 514 of Gaza's 716 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (652 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

1,147 of its 1,977 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Berlin accounted for 707 of Germany's 1,147 stories about harm, carried by 664 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,022 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Displacement

Zimbabwe

105 of its 375 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Cholera was named in 14 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.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

89 of its 164 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Tropical storm was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Israel

1,385 of its 1,826 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jerusalem accounted for 547 of Israel's 1,385 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. 409 of Jerusalem's 547 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

139 of its 154 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kidal accounted for 68 of Mali's 139 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

101 of its 381 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 66 of Seoul's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sweden

60 of its 178 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

India

1,753 of its 6,346 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake, tsunami and plane crash.

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Health

Japan

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Flu was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Papua New Guinea (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in Romania (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Saudi Arabia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in France (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 25,801 stories about harm among 117,267 counted on 7 Apr.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US. of the day's 117,267 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned landslides about three times as often as usual. Palestine's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. On 7 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali90 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine85 in 100 of its 1,127 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Israel76 in 100 of its 1,826 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine514 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Jerusalem Israel409 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Ramallah Palestine205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Damascus Syria140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781

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'sUzbekistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGreece: 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 readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 430 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,385 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,147 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 958 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,414 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 6,362 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health17% 4,416 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 3,591 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,654 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 828 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 585 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 471 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 killed9,680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,476 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Germany Stories reporting arrests3,844 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions203 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and New Zealand Stories reporting people displaced197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill79 at about three times the usual rate · most about Australia 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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