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The news turned to protests in Dakar (Senegal) and violence in Beirut and Kyiv. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 56 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Senegal

42 of its 75 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dakar accounted for 31 of Senegal's 42 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 17 of Dakar's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

97 of its 172 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 44 of Lebanon's 97 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

344 of its 955 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 222 of Ukraine's 344 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 131 of Sudan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Denmark

12 of Copenhagen's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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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Rights & justice

Romania

24 of its 75 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

87 of its 301 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

92 of its 295 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Belarus

25 of its 69 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Minsk accounted for 17 of Belarus' 25 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Austria (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Japan (14 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hurricane in US (443 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Sudan (11 of its stories, about three 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 1 Jun. 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 22,551 stories about harm among 126,731 counted on 1 Jun.

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Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Austria's news. of the day's 126,731 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 June 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Senegal's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. Over May, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in May 2022.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon56 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Senegal56 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Syria54 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia49 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 789 Manipur India54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Hollywood US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sEswatini: 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'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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'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'sJordan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 341 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 7,305 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,522 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,376 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,363 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood5% 1,103 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,065 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 809 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 585 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 killed4,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little less than 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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