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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Kampala drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 70 in 100 of its 2,308 stories, usually 49
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,610 of its 2,308 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,251 of Israel's 1,610 stories about harm, carried by 1,130 outlets. 661 of Jerusalem's 1,251 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,024 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

134 of its 186 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 88 of Afghanistan's 134 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

31 of its 50 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Khartoum accounted for 23 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 22 of Khartoum's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

27 of its 56 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

24 of its 47 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Yaounde's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Congo

19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 4 of Managua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Congo (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Armenia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in Algeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (29 of its stories, about 6 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 12 May. 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 23,711 stories about harm among 95,985 counted on 12 May.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 95,985 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Congo's news mentioned Ebola about 4 times as often as usual. On 12 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 25 today. In Israel, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 2,308 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq63 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Syria57 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel661 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1251 Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 854 Times Square US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Los Angeles US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRwanda: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry 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 angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry 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'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'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

● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 1,610 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 12,177 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,878 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence13% 2,970 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,562 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,218 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 818 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 593 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 239 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 killed6,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,746 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests1,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,502 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 about as 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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