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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Baghdad, protests in Gopalganj (Bangladesh) and people killed in Tunisia. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 71 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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

Iraq

154 of its 218 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Baghdad accounted for 60 of Iraq's 154 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

154 of its 332 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Gopalganj accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 154 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 42 of Gopalganj's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Gopalganj stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

21 of its 85 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 199 of Israel's 516 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

84 of its 332 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Jersey

25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Pakistan (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (252 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 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 17 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 17,856 stories about harm among 93,182 counted on 17 Jul.

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Mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual in Pakistan's news. of the day's 93,182 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 17 July 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq71 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel62 in 100 of its 835 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 493 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh46 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 955 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Gopalganj Bangladesh42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Chicago US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263

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'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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLaos: 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'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook 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 readNorfolk 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 angrier than the world'sVenezuela: 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMacao: 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 516 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 4,442 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,336 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 4,087 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,066 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 932 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 677 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 624 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 353 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 killed4,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,883 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations140 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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