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28,241 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Jerusalem, protests in Istanbul (Türkiye) and people injured in Greece. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 65 in 100 of its 553 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,928 of its 2,583 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,811 of Israel's 1,928 stories about harm, carried by 727 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,347 stories). Outbreaks were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

365 of its 543 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 101 of Istanbul's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

358 of its 553 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Haiti

79 of its 112 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Mexico

339 of its 680 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Mexico City accounted for 261 of Mexico's 339 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

284 of its 405 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 188 of Egypt's 284 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

139 of its 261 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jakarta accounted for 94 of Indonesia's 139 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 78 of Jakarta's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

727 of its 871 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

53 of its 58 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

232 of its 633 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Hurricane was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Albania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Libya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 28,241 stories about harm among 118,806 counted on 22 Jul.

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The news turned to Israel for the second day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 118,806 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Israel, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. On 22 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya91 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen90 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 871 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel75 in 100 of its 2,583 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti71 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 36 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel779 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1811 Caracas Venezuela331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1000 Damascus Syria132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Philippine Philippines109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396

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 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: 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 lessPortugal: 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 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndonesia: 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 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: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 readTimor-Leste: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBaucau, Timor-Leste -- shelter & services: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 67 outletsCannonvale, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 25 outletsPanama City, Panama -- health: 31 stories, carried by 29 outletsBuderim, Australia -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsTegucigalpa, Honduras -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 103 outletsYangon, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- health: 64 stories, carried by 62 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

● Timor-Leste warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Panama warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Baucau Timor-Leste about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 19 stories ● Warsaw Poland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories ● Cannonvale Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Panama City Panama about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Buderim Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,789 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 7,351 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,811 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,368 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 758 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 654 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 391 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 killed10,337 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured4,198 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests4,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions536 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations401 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people displaced292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees249 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill46 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 much 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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