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The day's news pointed at protests in Tel Aviv (Israel), tropical storm in the Philippines and violence in Kabul. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 80 in 100 of its 1,397 stories, usually 65
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,123 of its 1,397 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tel Aviv accounted for 373 of Israel's 1,123 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. 314 of Tel Aviv's 373 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (824 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

288 of its 609 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 145 of the Philippines' 288 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Tropical storm was named in 112 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

109 of its 172 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

154 of its 415 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 90 of Ukraine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

214 of its 279 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Gaza accounted for 150 of Palestine's 214 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

43 of its 126 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Iran (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in India (161 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (19 of its stories, about 6 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 2 Sep. 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 14,500 stories about harm among 76,228 counted on 2 Sep.

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Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. of the day's 76,228 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. Mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel80 in 100 of its 1,397 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Palestine77 in 100 of its 279 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Jerusalem Israel95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 Kolkata India66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Abuja Nigeria58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Canberra Australia54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier 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'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sJersey: 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,123 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Poland few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,141 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health26% 3,661 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,438 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,779 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 750 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 570 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 525 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 294 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 killed4,120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,157 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured1,028 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.