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38,161 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Almaty, violence in Ramallah and protests in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). Kazakhstan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 49 in 100 of its 306 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Health

Kazakhstan

150 of its 306 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Almaty accounted for 143 of Kazakhstan's 150 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

519 of its 745 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 273 of Palestine's 519 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

175 of its 467 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 74 of Ho Chi Minh City's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Ho Chi Minh City stories →
Displacement

Syria

565 of its 683 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Quneitra accounted for 332 of Syria's 565 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (261 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Türkiye

443 of its 907 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 46 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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Protests & strikes

Iraq

134 of its 210 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 81 of Baghdad's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Sweden

176 of its 494 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 128 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,086 of its 1,701 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jerusalem accounted for 586 of Israel's 1,086 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

33 of its 54 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 25 of Bishkek's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

59 of its 121 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Sweden (128 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (194 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Mexico (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Switzerland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 38,161 stories about harm among 199,671 counted on 20 Jul.

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Kazakhstan stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. A year earlier, on 20 July 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. of the day's 199,671 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 84 · mostly rights & justice Syria83 in 100 of its 683 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Ecuador79 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Palestine70 in 100 of its 745 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon69 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1127 Moscow Russia260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Jerusalem Israel157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 586 Managua Nicaragua139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Paris France100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: 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 lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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 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: 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 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 lessPalau: 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 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: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 23 outletsMaine, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 67 stories, carried by 94 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 88 stories, carried by 68 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 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 ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Maine US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 17 stories ● Xinjiang China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,858 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents25% 9,260 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 7,649 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,182 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,988 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,386 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,261 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 881 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 killed11,815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,085 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests4,325 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations972 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees871 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions312 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill260 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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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