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Storms in the Netherlands, arrests in Hong Kong and violence in Jenin drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 45 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 21
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

88 of its 332 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Amsterdam accounted for 58 of the Netherlands' 88 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Health

Hong Kong

85 of its 191 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

403 of its 453 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Jenin accounted for 363 of Palestine's 403 stories about harm, carried by 580 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

282 of its 617 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tel Aviv accounted for 110 of Israel's 282 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

100 of its 267 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tehran accounted for 64 of Iran's 100 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

146 of its 335 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Stockholm accounted for 95 of Sweden's 146 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. 63 of Stockholm's 95 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 180 of Russia's 300 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Flooding was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with drought, storms and heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (63 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Iceland (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in China (80 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Vietnam (25 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 5 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 20,573 stories about harm among 108,719 counted on 5 Jul.

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Of the day's 108,719 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 5 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine89 in 100 of its 453 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan58 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan47 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel46 in 100 of its 617 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Jenin Palestine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Washington US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 London UK73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Stockholm Sweden63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'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'sParaguay: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: 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 fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Palestine about three times as angry as the world's · 403 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 282 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 211 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,301 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,740 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,318 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 2,436 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,211 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 793 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 755 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 684 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 killed5,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,027 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,969 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan 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 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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