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A disaster in Kuwait City, protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and violence in Jammu drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKuwait 75 in 100 of its 323 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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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Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

242 of its 323 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kuwait City accounted for 107 of Kuwait's 242 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories → Kuwait City stories →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

89 of its 182 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Buenos Aires accounted for 77 of Argentina's 89 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. 72 of Buenos Aires' 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories).

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

126 of its 188 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 85 of Kashmir's 126 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Denmark

34 of its 112 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. the Red Sea accounted for 27 of Djibouti's 27 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

37 of its 119 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 21 of Yerevan's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

27 of its 62 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

54 of its 116 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 28 of Iran's 54 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Rights & justice

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greece (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Djibouti (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Malawi (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 18,640 stories about harm among 108,478 counted on 13 Jun.

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Kuwait's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 108,478 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 June 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kuwait75 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen72 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel72 in 100 of its 1,042 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 334 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 531 Buenos Aires Argentina72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 Los Angeles US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Phoenix US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Gaza Palestine30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: 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: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: 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'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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as 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 about 5 times as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Kashmir about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Kuwait about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 746 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,499 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,530 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,056 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,184 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood5% 896 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 871 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 752 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 475 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 killed4,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations88 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill26 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
● Griefa little less than 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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