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9,405 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at building collapse in Türkiye, violence in Tehran and protests in Seoul (South Korea). Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 37 in 100 of its 332 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Türkiye

47 of its 112 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Istanbul accounted for 30 of Türkiye's 47 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Building collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

71 of its 127 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 40 of Iran's 71 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Germany

124 of its 332 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

37 of its 73 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

39 of its 86 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Colombo accounted for 32 of Sri Lanka's 39 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 90 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

97 of its 304 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Lebanon (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Germany (17 of its stories, more than ten 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 2 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 9,405 stories about harm among 50,842 counted on 2 Jun.

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In Türkiye's news, mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 50,842 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. A year earlier, on 3 June 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine69 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 938 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon51 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka45 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Seoul South Korea36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Chicago US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 609 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 10 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,560 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 2,054 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,865 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 1,328 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 495 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 385 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 353 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 199 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 killed2,474 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured854 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees70 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 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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