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The day's news pointed at plane crash in India, protests in Nairobi (Kenya) and violence in Tehran. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndia 39 in 100 of its 5,535 stories, usually 25
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Disasters & accidents

India

2,138 of its 5,535 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ahmedabad accounted for 1,248 of India's 2,138 stories about harm, carried by 1,025 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,452 stories). Plane crash was named in 849 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Ahmedabad stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

103 of its 250 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 55 of Kenya's 103 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. 34 of Nairobi's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

1,245 of its 3,873 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tehran accounted for 847 of Iran's 1,245 stories about harm, carried by 966 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (649 stories). Outbreaks were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Egypt

46 of its 141 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cairo accounted for 34 of Egypt's 46 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. 29 of Cairo's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 3 of Llallagua's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

26 of its 72 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

15 of its 46 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Korea

18 of its 47 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Pyongyang accounted for 15 of North Korea's 18 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Egypt (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Africa (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in China (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in UK (45 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 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 17,372 stories about harm among 89,513 counted on 13 Jun.

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The news turned to India for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,513 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 13 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today. India stood out: 39% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba42 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Kenya41 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh40 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Los Angeles US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Tehran Iran214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 847 Ballymena UK94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Newark US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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 readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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 readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalau: 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 angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as angry as the world's · 1,245 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 563 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 4,343 stories · about as usual Health23% 3,867 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents22% 3,701 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 2,579 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,119 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 570 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 530 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 421 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 killed4,889 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions142 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting refugees116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Feara little less than 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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