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The day's news pointed at violence in Tripoli, road crashes in Sweden and protests in Mong Kok (Hong Kong). Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 94 in 100 of its 1,246 stories, usually 61
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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

Libya

1,171 of its 1,246 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tripoli accounted for 1,115 of Libya's 1,171 stories about harm, carried by 986 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,005 stories). Train derailment was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

190 of its 651 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 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. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

322 of its 527 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 43 of Mong Kok's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Mong Kok stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

349 of its 418 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 172 of Sudan's 210 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 165 of Khartoum's 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

93 of its 125 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tunis accounted for 91 of Tunisia's 93 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

561 of its 1,284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (245 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

426 of its 1,609 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Landslides were named in 240 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

526 of its 1,675 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (421 stories). Gas explosion was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

420 of its 1,463 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Volcanic eruption was named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Japan (240 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Lithuania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Russia (66 of its stories, more than ten 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 3 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 36,524 stories about harm among 174,913 counted on 3 Jul.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 174,913 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 July 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya94 in 100 of its 1,246 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia83 in 100 of its 418 stories · usually 54 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Tunisia74 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 978 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Portland US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1033 Khartoum Sudan165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Beijing China164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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 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: 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 lessMalawi: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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 lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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: 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: 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 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualLake Erie, US -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsGaza, Palestine -- health: 74 stories, carried by 12 outletsTexas Department of Public Safety, US -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 19 outletsVienna, Austria -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsSafe Harbour, Ireland -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 87 stories, carried by 101 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 10 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 26 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

● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Erie US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Gaza Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 74 stories ● Texas Department of Public Safety US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Safe Harbour Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,173 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,433 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,166 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,876 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,152 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,448 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 943 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 777 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 killed10,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees745 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting evacuations545 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting abductions248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced165 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill65 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
● 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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