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The day's news pointed at volcanic eruption in Iceland, violence in Gaza and protests in Tehran (Iran). Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 78 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

97 of its 125 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grindavik accounted for 82 of Iceland's 97 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

431 of its 606 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 378 of Palestine's 431 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

88 of its 186 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 22 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

21 of its 51 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Israel

1,194 of its 1,647 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jerusalem accounted for 259 of Israel's 1,194 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

99 of its 217 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 43 of Bangladesh's 99 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

53 of its 110 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

255 of its 788 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Egypt

76 of its 220 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kashmir

55 of its 124 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (225 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Thailand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Papua New Guinea (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (22 of its stories, about 5 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 29 May. 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 19,304 stories about harm among 109,086 counted on 29 May.

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Iceland's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 109,086 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 May 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel72 in 100 of its 1,647 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine71 in 100 of its 606 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Gaza Palestine86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Jerusalem Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'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'sHonduras: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: 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 readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,194 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 431 stories about harm ● Mozambique few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 4 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 11 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,208 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,827 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,320 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,431 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 939 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 830 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 603 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 killed4,842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced499 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees346 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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