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The news turned to arrests in Germany, flooding in Ghana and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 36 in 100 of its 557 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Germany

203 of its 557 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

66 of its 167 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Accra accounted for 36 of Ghana's 66 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 22 of Afghanistan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Venezuela

403 of its 492 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. la Guaira accounted for 311 of Venezuela's 403 stories about harm, carried by 592 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

215 of its 755 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Saudi Arabia

39 of its 173 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

239 of its 501 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

150 of its 376 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 83 of Russia's 150 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

287 of its 515 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in France (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (19 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 29 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 12,206 stories about harm among 66,978 counted on 29 Jun.

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Germany stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 66,978 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ghana's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela82 in 100 of its 492 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 515 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 42 · mostly shelter & services Palestine54 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Tehran Iran23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Manhattan US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68

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'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'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'sQatar: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sIraq: 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 readGuyana: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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'sMyanmar: 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: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 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 readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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'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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 287 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 385 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 215 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 2,816 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,809 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 2,785 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence14% 1,656 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 625 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 503 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 448 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 326 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 killed3,422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured907 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Venezuela and Israel Stories reporting evacuations175 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees104 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 harsher than 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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