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Protests in Luanda (Angola), violence in Tehran and volcanic eruption in Russia drew the news. Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostRussia 55 in 100 of its 1,153 stories, usually 25
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Angola

36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Luanda accounted for 30 of Angola's 36 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 25 of Luanda's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Angola over 30 days → its stories → Luanda stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

59 of its 138 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 31 of Iran's 59 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

633 of its 1,153 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Guatemala

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 4 of Guatemala City's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 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

Japan

440 of its 1,119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Power cuts were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

108 of its 199 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 108 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

115 of its 273 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 17 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.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Trinidad & Tobago

19 of its 61 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 18,484 stories about harm among 92,115 counted on 30 Jul.

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In Angola, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 92,115 stories, as usual. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. the news turned to Angola for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel63 in 100 of its 1,208 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Russia55 in 100 of its 1,153 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir54 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 545 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 723 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Gaza Palestine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Cincinnati US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62

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'sUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: 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'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 764 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 5,313 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health23% 4,256 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,907 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 2,231 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 808 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 630 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 614 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 393 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 killed4,399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured901 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations536 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 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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