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35,512 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Golan Heights (Syria), rights and justice in Prague and wildfires in Sweden. the Czechia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 61 in 100 of its 130 stories, usually 18
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

556 of its 627 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Golan Heights accounted for 220 of Syria's 556 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. 129 of Golan Heights' 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Golan Heights stories →
Rights & justice

Czechia

63 of its 171 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Prague accounted for 56 of the Czechia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sweden

165 of its 479 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Palestine

297 of its 601 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jenin accounted for 204 of Palestine's 297 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (167 stories). Road crashes were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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

Nicaragua

230 of its 251 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Managua accounted for 183 of Nicaragua's 230 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 160 of Managua's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

40 of its 154 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 19 of Sofia's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Plague was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

72 of its 278 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 10 of Hong Kong's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

241 of its 949 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Hypothermia was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Belarus

79 of its 130 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Minsk accounted for 76 of Belarus' 79 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories).

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

528 of its 859 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Bulgaria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Rwanda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Cuba (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 35,512 stories about harm among 216,302 counted on 18 Jul.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 November 2016. of the day's 216,302 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. the news turned to Syria for the second day running. A year earlier, on 18 July 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Syria89 in 100 of its 627 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland71 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya68 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Managua Nicaragua160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Moscow Russia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 Washington US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 785 Cincinnati US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200

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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNicaragua: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMandalay, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 39 outletsParlak, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsStanislaus County, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsGulistan, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsFrankfurt, Germany -- food & livelihood: 20 stories, carried by 17 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Badme Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Mandalay Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Parlak Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,855 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health23% 8,100 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 6,905 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 4,564 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,764 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,436 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,289 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 887 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 killed9,613 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,613 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,651 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees818 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Syria Stories reporting evacuations589 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions328 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill73 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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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