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54,385 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Afghanistan, protests in Yerevan (Armenia) and wildfires in Greece. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 73 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Afghanistan

1,030 of its 1,211 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 844 of Afghanistan's 1,030 stories about harm, carried by 667 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Power cuts were named in 270 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

281 of its 486 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yerevan accounted for 255 of Armenia's 281 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. 196 of Yerevan's 255 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

229 of its 587 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories). Wildfires were named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

365 of its 1,056 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Romania

123 of its 408 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 48 of Bucharest's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

130 of its 178 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 14 of Zagreb's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

54 of its 80 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 52 of Senegal's 54 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 49 of Dakar's 52 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

67 of its 100 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 41 of Brazzaville's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Angola

41 of its 95 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 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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Conflict & violence

Russia

734 of its 2,656 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in U.S. Virgin Islands (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gambia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Somalia (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 54,385 stories about harm among 248,254 counted on 1 Aug.

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In Hong Kong's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 248,254 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%. Over July, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 1,211 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,964 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia73 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 20 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia72 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria595 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1300 Washington US320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2154 Ankara Türkiye251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Yerevan Armenia196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Delhi India194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 643

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualSalt Lake, US -- other: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsGreat Wall, China -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 28 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 31 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsYushu, China -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- rights & justice: 208 stories, carried by 141 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

● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Croatia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Salt Lake US about three times as warm as the day's news · other · 17 stories ● Great Wall China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Monrovia Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 13,940 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 13,220 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 10,674 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,366 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,589 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,410 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,072 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,000 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 killed18,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,777 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations959 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions756 at about half the usual rate · most about Brazil and Australia Stories reporting refugees551 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill90 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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.