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The news turned to heavy rain in Grenada, protests in Idlib (Syria) and illness in Philippine. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGrenada 89 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Grenada

171 of its 193 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Carriacou accounted for 148 of Grenada's 171 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Heavy rain was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.

Grenada over 30 days → its stories → Carriacou stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

32 of its 46 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 7 of Idlib's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Health

Philippines

218 of its 564 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Philippine accounted for 137 of the Philippines' 218 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

307 of its 818 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

72 of its 212 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 11 of Kayseri's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

19 of its 47 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Montevideo accounted for 18 of Uruguay's 19 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

15 of its 37 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

146 of its 410 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

406 of its 1,247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

79 of its 245 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (101 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Greece (37 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Trinidad & Tobago (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Kyrgyzstan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (19 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 1 Jul. 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 16,806 stories about harm among 94,455 counted on 1 Jul.

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Grenada's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 94,455 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned tropical storm about three times as often as usual. On 2 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. Over June, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in June 2023.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Grenada89 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Barbados81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 835 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 Delhi India68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Paris France52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Nairobi Kenya50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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'sMicronesia: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'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'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'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUruguay: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier 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 twice as angry 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'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 three times as angry as the world's · 521 stories about harm ● Singapore few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 406 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,610 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,074 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,322 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,872 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 944 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 626 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 598 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 338 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 killed3,759 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,819 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions309 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting refugees123 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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