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58,501 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Almaty, protests in Lima (Peru) and rights and justice in Yerevan. Peru's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 78 in 100 of its 551 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 69 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

432 of its 551 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Almaty accounted for 422 of Kazakhstan's 432 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

99 of its 203 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 68 of Lima's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Rights & justice

Armenia

366 of its 508 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Yerevan accounted for 345 of Armenia's 366 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Germany

440 of its 1,723 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Guatemala

20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 4 of Guatemala City's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 487 of Bangladesh's 668 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Building collapse was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

95 of its 160 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

2,379 of its 4,126 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (695 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

297 of its 428 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 74 of Jammu's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

125 of its 348 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Dengue was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (219 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Libya (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Venezuela (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 58,501 stories about harm among 250,689 counted on 18 Jul.

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Kazakhstan stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 250,689 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Kazakhstan78 in 100 of its 551 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia72 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh70 in 100 of its 949 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baton Rouge US1917 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3973 Dallas US1149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1991 Cleveland US747 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1378 Istanbul Türkiye697 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1387 Anadolu Türkiye519 stories about protests or strikes, of its 709

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualFerrisburgh, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 27 outletsYangon, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 41 outletsDundar, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsPanglong, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 47 outletsNewton Stewart, UK -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsOmaha, US -- displacement: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsArunachal, India -- disasters & accidents: 33 stories, carried by 19 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ferrisburgh US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Yangon Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Dundar Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Panglong Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Newton Stewart UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 17,804 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice28% 16,279 stories · about as usual Health16% 9,123 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 5,670 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,614 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,502 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,450 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,246 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 killed26,774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured11,161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting arrests10,017 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people affected5,457 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,247 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions963 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Armenia and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations414 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced321 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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