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The day's news pointed at protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), violence in Jerusalem and drownings in France. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about France and Germany →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrance 40 in 100 of its 529 stories, usually 20
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Georgia

20 of its 22 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tbilisi accounted for 17 of Georgia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 16 of Tbilisi's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

454 of its 839 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 357 of Israel's 454 stories about harm, carried by 732 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (245 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

211 of its 529 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Drownings were named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse, avalanche and gas explosion.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Thailand

35 of its 103 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Germany

94 of its 318 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

153 of its 502 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

33 of its 34 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

53 of its 69 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sanaa accounted for 47 of Yemen's 53 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Nablus accounted for 22 of Palestine's 43 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 11 of Nablus' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. 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: earthquake in Russia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Tunisia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Iran (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Germany (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 10,165 stories about harm among 55,954 counted on 9 Apr.

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In France's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 55,954 stories, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about France and Germany. In Georgia, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual. On 9 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen77 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Washington US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Nashville US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Travis County US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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'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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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 readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 454 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 2,853 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice23% 2,317 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence18% 1,784 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,481 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 386 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 311 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 274 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 killed2,968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured817 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations158 at about twice the usual rate · most about France and Germany Stories reporting abductions106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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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