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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Nairobi (Kenya), wildfires in Croatia and gas explosion in South Africa. Kenya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 45 in 100 of its 528 stories, usually 27
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Kenya

240 of its 528 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 128 of Kenya's 240 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 93 of Nairobi's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

31 of its 70 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, power cuts and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

423 of its 1,281 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Gas explosion was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Egypt

88 of its 277 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cairo accounted for 55 of Egypt's 88 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 32 of Cairo's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 76 of Iraq's 105 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 67 of Baghdad's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

Stockholm accounted for 82 of Sweden's 126 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 65 of Stockholm's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

47 of its 112 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 10 of Minsk's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

St Vincent

12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

117 of its 324 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 71 of Greece's 117 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Storms were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Switzerland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (22 of its stories, about 6 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 20 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 23,243 stories about harm among 123,464 counted on 20 Jul.

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In Croatia's news, mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 123,464 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kenya. In Kenya, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. On 20 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar61 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Sudan61 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Manipur India93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Nairobi Kenya93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Hollywood US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Baghdad Iraq67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte 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'sChad: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: 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 angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half 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 angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 470 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 392 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 320 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 7,026 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,937 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,085 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 2,304 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,110 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 969 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 820 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 618 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 killed4,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,536 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees335 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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