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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Kuwait International, violence in Tehran and abductions in Nigeria. Kuwait's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKuwait 45 in 100 of its 77 stories, usually 24
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kuwait

35 of its 77 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kuwait International accounted for 28 of Kuwait's 35 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories → Kuwait International stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

422 of its 1,195 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tehran accounted for 210 of Iran's 422 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

397 of its 1,235 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Kenya

91 of its 263 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Ebola was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Lebanon

230 of its 356 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 124 of Lebanon's 230 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Illness was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Libya

11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 6 of Tripoli's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

85 of its 222 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guyana

12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

42 of its 106 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hypothermia was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 41 of Palestine's 65 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Nepal (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Lebanon (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Japan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 13,656 stories about harm among 76,972 counted on 4 Jun.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Kuwait. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 76,972 stories, as usual. Kuwait's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. A year earlier, on 4 June 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon65 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 682 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda47 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Kuwait45 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Tehran Iran62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Tiananmen China58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Hampshire UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'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: 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'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'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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than 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 fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 397 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 349 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 422 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,591 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health26% 3,469 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,216 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,806 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 738 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 594 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 561 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 363 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 killed3,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 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 about as 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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