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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Nampala, protests in Yangon (Myanmar) and rights and justice in Skopje. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the DR Congo →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 52 in 100 of its 357 stories, usually 9
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Conflict & violence

Mali

146 of its 166 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Nampala accounted for 71 of Mali's 146 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Nampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

87 of its 146 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 23 of Yangon's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Belgium

277 of its 567 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Brussels accounted for 252 of Belgium's 277 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

286 of its 475 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yerevan accounted for 273 of Armenia's 286 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 183 of Yerevan's 273 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (163 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

Juba accounted for 297 of South Sudan's 327 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Panama

56 of its 146 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

923 of its 2,304 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

797 of its 2,323 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (466 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (274 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); gas explosion in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Australia (189 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 62,911 stories about harm among 291,166 counted on 20 Jul.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the DR Congo. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 291,166 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news. For the second day running, the news turned to Mali. Mali stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 60%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan82 in 100 of its 398 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,077 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia67 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 22 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cleveland US832 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1103 Washington US392 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1572 Delhi India343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 775 Istanbul Türkiye339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 705 Baton Rouge US329 stories about protests or strikes, of its 686

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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 lessNiger: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 lessLebanon: 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 lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIran: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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: warmth about one and a half times its own usualZambia: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBurbank, US -- health: 786 stories, carried by 1,113 outletsBrenham, US -- health: 76 stories, carried by 69 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 21 stories, carried by 31 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 297 stories, carried by 293 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 45 stories, carried by 49 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 35 outletsMullumbimby, Australia -- health: 17 stories, carried by 29 outletsDakar, Senegal -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 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

● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Burbank US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 786 stories ● Brenham US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 76 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 297 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 19,975 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence22% 13,326 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 12,587 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,186 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,284 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,559 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,544 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,314 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 killed20,035 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting arrests8,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,387 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees1,098 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Germany Stories reporting abductions1,006 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Armenia Stories reporting people displaced620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations352 at about half the usual rate · most about Qatar and the US Stories reporting people falling ill277 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the DR Congo

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
● Griefa little less 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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