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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Mecca and Seoul and protests in Nairobi (Kenya). Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 54 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Saudi Arabia

168 of its 314 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mecca accounted for 129 of Saudi Arabia's 168 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (158 stories). Accidents were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

241 of its 568 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Seoul accounted for 189 of South Korea's 241 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

130 of its 330 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nairobi accounted for 68 of Kenya's 130 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 40 of Nairobi's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

567 of its 1,156 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (238 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

New Caledonia

17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Noumea accounted for 15 of New Caledonia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 14 of Noumea's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Philippines

202 of its 593 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Philippine accounted for 134 of the Philippines' 202 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

32 of its 151 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Namibia

21 of its 68 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 3 of Windhoek's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Ghana (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (58 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in China (17 of its stories, about three 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 24 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 17,500 stories about harm among 94,061 counted on 24 Jun.

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The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the ninth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 94,061 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Saudi Arabia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Ghana's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. On 25 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel65 in 100 of its 1,058 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia54 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Russia49 in 100 of its 1,156 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Los Angeles US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Jerusalem Israel46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'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'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: 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: 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'sPoland: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: 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 more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Russia about three times as angry as the world's · 567 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 684 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Egypt few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,934 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,789 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,285 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,521 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 697 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 675 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed4,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,746 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees142 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh

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 harsher 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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