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Violence in Tehran, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and volcanic eruption in Iceland drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 63 in 100 of its 812 stories, usually 36
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

509 of its 812 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 446 of Iran's 509 stories about harm, carried by 885 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

182 of its 382 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Caracas accounted for 115 of Venezuela's 182 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. 97 of Caracas' 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Volcanic eruption was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

UK

1,558 of its 7,065 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 347 of Southport's 470 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (378 stories). HIV was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

166 of its 271 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 154 of Lebanon's 166 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

65 of its 112 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 43 of Iraq's 65 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 10 of Conakry's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Portugal

19 of its 81 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Lisbon's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Korea

21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (404 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in North Korea (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Croatia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Ireland (20 of its stories, more than ten 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 31 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 19,907 stories about harm among 105,725 counted on 31 Jul.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore. of the day's 105,725 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iran stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. On 1 August 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 →

Sudan66 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 1,435 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran63 in 100 of its 812 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon61 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Southport UK347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Caracas Venezuela97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Delhi India82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Tehran Iran66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 446

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSouth Africa: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIceland: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readNew Caledonia: 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'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: 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'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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as angry as 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 twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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 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'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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 509 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 944 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as angry as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 358 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,267 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,597 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,672 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,029 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 988 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 810 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 750 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 441 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 killed5,564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions524 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Iran Stories reporting evacuations285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill120 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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