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The day's news pointed at violence in Sibe, rights and justice in Schaffhausen and protests in Bucharest (Romania). Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUruguay 86 in 100 of its 236 stories, usually 10
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
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

Burkina Faso

55 of its 77 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Sibe accounted for 46 of Burkina Faso's 55 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Sibe stories →
Rights & justice

Switzerland

257 of its 512 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Schaffhausen accounted for 202 of Switzerland's 257 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (204 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Schaffhausen stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

64 of its 216 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 28 of Bucharest's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Latvia

28 of its 66 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Qatar

281 of its 499 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Doha accounted for 167 of Qatar's 281 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Uruguay

204 of its 236 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Montevideo accounted for 197 of Uruguay's 204 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories).

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Rights & justice

Maldives

124 of its 190 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

2,132 of its 3,149 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,899 of Israel's 2,132 stories about harm, carried by 796 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

248 of its 363 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

492 of its 1,580 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Hepatitis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Myanmar (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Türkiye (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 43,766 stories about harm among 205,374 counted on 25 Jul.

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Burkina Faso stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 205,374 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Myanmar's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 July 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uruguay86 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 10 · mostly rights & justice Syria78 in 100 of its 797 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Burkina Faso71 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 14 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 432 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel750 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1899 Washington US333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1931 San Antonio US265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1478 Ankara Türkiye197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 794

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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 readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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 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: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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 readAlgeria: 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): 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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 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 its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSeychelles: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCape Cod, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsTraverse City, US -- disasters & accidents: 50 stories, carried by 44 outletsCannonvale, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsIllawarra, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 32 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 28 outletsBangassou, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- food & livelihood: 125 stories, carried by 167 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Maldives warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cape Cod US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Traverse City US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 50 stories ● Cannonvale Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Illawarra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,086 stories · about as usual Health22% 9,658 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 7,655 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,173 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,204 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,282 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,071 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 814 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 killed14,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations553 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting abductions479 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced439 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill75 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
● 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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