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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Belize City, people displaced in Dubai and protests in Harare (Zimbabwe). Zimbabwe's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 87 in 100 of its 540 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

471 of its 540 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Belize City accounted for 389 of Belize's 471 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Storm surge was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Belize City stories →
Displacement

United Arab Emirates

1,527 of its 2,368 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dubai accounted for 1,505 of the United Arab Emirates' 1,527 stories about harm, carried by 1,236 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (176 stories). Plane crash was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Dubai stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

262 of its 589 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 149 of Harare's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

72 of its 126 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Cyclone was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Honduras

175 of its 188 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Roatan accounted for 158 of Honduras' 175 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

145 of its 159 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bujumbura accounted for 127 of Burundi's 145 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

651 of its 1,233 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Ukraine

163 of its 340 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 3 of Dushanbe's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Rights & justice

Philippines

744 of its 2,247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dengue was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption, avalanche and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (181 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Austria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Australia (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 58,581 stories about harm among 282,237 counted on 3 Aug.

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Belize's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. For the second day running, the news turned to Belize. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 282,237 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nauru94 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Honduras93 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi91 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Belize87 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya80 in 100 of its 640 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2883 Aleppo Syria221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 732 Islamabad Pakistan194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Shigen China170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Boston US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508

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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: 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 readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 readSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 lessWestern 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualVatican City: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBujumbura, Burundi -- conflict & violence: 127 stories, carried by 119 outletsMississippi, US -- health: 42 stories, carried by 50 outletsBurlington, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 25 outletsChitral, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsGuaviare, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDover, UK -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 28 outletsNorth Yorkshire, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vatican City warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bujumbura Burundi about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 127 stories ● Mississippi US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Burlington US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Chitral Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Guaviare Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,214 stories · about as usual Health21% 11,846 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 10,759 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents16% 9,287 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,636 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,742 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services3% 1,808 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,164 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 killed15,685 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected7,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,809 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,291 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting refugees1,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions679 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and India Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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