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The news turned to illness in Pyongyang, flooding in Syria and protests in Jerusalem (Israel). Israel's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Korea →
Part of lifeHealth 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 85 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

North Korea

166 of its 196 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Pyongyang accounted for 130 of North Korea's 166 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

71 of its 95 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

307 of its 548 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 202 of Israel's 307 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. 108 of Jerusalem's 202 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 101 of Sri Lanka's 135 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 88 of Colombo's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

141 of its 189 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 86 of Kashmir's 141 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Korea

83 of its 315 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Outbreaks were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bolivia

23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Russia (11 of its stories, about three 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 13 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 18,180 stories about harm among 82,884 counted on 13 May.

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North Korea's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 82,884 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Korea. It was the second day running that the news turned to North Korea. A year earlier, on 13 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea85 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Syria75 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir75 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti66 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 785 Jerusalem Israel108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Kyiv Ukraine94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Colombo Sri Lanka88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Delhi India64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sCentral African Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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 readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little angrier 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'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little warmer 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Israel about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 572 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health43% 7,668 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,451 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,120 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,117 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,122 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 699 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 463 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 358 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 killed4,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea

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
● 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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