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36,959 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Tunis, protests in Manama (Bahrain) and rights and justice in Comalapa. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostDominica 95 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 32
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

76 of its 97 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Tunis accounted for 53 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

121 of its 231 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Manama accounted for 111 of Bahrain's 121 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 103 of Manama's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

74 of its 82 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Comalapa accounted for 56 of Guatemala's 74 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Comalapa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Dominica

100 of its 105 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Power cuts were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Dominica over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 121 of Nicaragua's 130 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 109 of Managua's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,281 of its 2,610 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

169 of its 214 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yangon accounted for 154 of Myanmar's 169 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

650 of its 1,427 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (376 stories). Train derailment was named in 366 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

179 of its 379 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 95 of Port-au-Prince's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (366 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (86 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Thailand (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in North Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 36,959 stories about harm among 185,102 counted on 9 Jul.

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Tunisia's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 185,102 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Tunisia. In Dominica's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominica95 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala90 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico79 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar79 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia78 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Williamsburg US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1000 Delhi India149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 London UK112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 442 Managua Nicaragua109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

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 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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: 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 lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBuraidah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsJendouba, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsBaton Rouge, US -- health: 38 stories, carried by 44 outletsMarathon County, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- health: 33 stories, carried by 29 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 80 stories, carried by 103 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 18 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buraidah Saudi Arabia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Jendouba Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Baton Rouge US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Marathon County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,857 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents24% 8,553 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 7,312 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,100 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,298 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,289 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 875 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 846 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 killed11,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees441 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced346 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill242 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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 about as 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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