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The news turned to violence in Tel Aviv, protests in les Cayes (Haiti) and volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 62 in 100 of its 658 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

408 of its 658 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tel Aviv accounted for 223 of Israel's 408 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

28 of its 41 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. les Cayes accounted for 20 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 19 of les Cayes' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Les Cayes stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Nigeria

366 of its 1,160 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 465 of Ukraine's 1,005 stories about harm, carried by 572 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (193 stories). Drownings were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

41 of its 65 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

39 of its 65 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kivu accounted for 21 of Rwanda's 39 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 46 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Ukraine (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 8 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 30 Mar. 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 19,863 stories about harm among 87,797 counted on 30 Mar.

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In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,797 stories, as usual. Israel's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. On 30 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria67 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 658 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 658 Moscow Russia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Tel Aviv Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Boston US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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'sUzbekistan: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: 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'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'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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'sRomania: 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'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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken 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'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Hong Kong a little warmer than the world's · 59 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 9,047 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice17% 3,415 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,464 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,074 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 824 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 706 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 582 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 541 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 killed4,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced327 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions189 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations163 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 softer than 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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