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The news turned to plane crash in Malawi, violence in Jammu and illness in Port-au-Prince. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 64 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 33
RegionEast Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

178 of its 372 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Mzuzu accounted for 101 of Malawi's 178 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (110 stories). Plane crash was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Mzuzu stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

123 of its 193 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 69 of Kashmir's 123 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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

Yemen

83 of its 100 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (57 stories). Drownings were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

37 of its 78 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

106 of its 306 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bangkok accounted for 87 of Thailand's 106 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). 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: drownings in Yemen (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Greece (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Malaysia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Canada (10 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 11 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 18,481 stories about harm among 105,511 counted on 11 Jun.

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In Malawi's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 105,511 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Malawi. In Malawi, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 June 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 →

Yemen83 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel70 in 100 of its 1,415 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Los Angeles US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Gaza Palestine43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Tel Aviv Israel43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: 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: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 985 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 234 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,519 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice25% 4,612 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,870 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,274 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,001 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 759 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 702 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed4,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,058 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions709 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced215 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations98 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about one and a half times 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 much 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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