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The day's news pointed at protests in Paris (France), people displaced in Kabul and rights and justice in la Plata. France's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrance 47 in 100 of its 968 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

452 of its 968 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 368 of France's 452 stories about harm, carried by 653 outlets. 302 of Paris' 368 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (287 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

73 of its 125 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 44 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 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.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

73 of its 189 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Sweden

98 of its 186 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Stockholm accounted for 87 of Sweden's 98 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 72 of Stockholm's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

29 of its 70 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Germany

60 of its 250 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

56 of its 193 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

12 of Tehran's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Côte d’Ivoire

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jul. 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 10,175 stories about harm among 53,228 counted on 2 Jul.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to France. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,228 stories, as usual. France's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. On 2 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to France, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine60 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 48 · mostly displacement Sweden53 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Argentina48 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice France47 in 100 of its 968 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 Stockholm Sweden72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Kyiv Ukraine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

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'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 452 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Argentina few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,686 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice26% 2,589 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,841 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,263 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 613 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 392 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 358 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 217 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 killed2,623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,039 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions107 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting refugees107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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