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The news turned to protests in Bucharest (Romania), rights and justice in Ayia Napa and people displaced in Nigeria. Nigeria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 84 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 11
RegionEast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Protests & strikes

Romania

122 of its 145 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 96 of Romania's 122 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 86 of Bucharest's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

133 of its 152 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ayia Napa accounted for 120 of Cyprus' 133 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Ayia Napa stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

487 of its 1,296 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (89 stories). Ebola was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

33 of its 37 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

517 of its 630 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yuen Long accounted for 471 of Hong Kong's 517 stories about harm, carried by 495 outlets. 469 of Yuen Long's 471 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (449 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

727 of its 1,374 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Moscow accounted for 648 of Russia's 727 stories about harm, carried by 802 outlets. 613 of Moscow's 648 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (600 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burundi

37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Hunger was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

41 of its 94 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 14 of Manama's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

488 of its 961 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 247 of Jerusalem's 295 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (147 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

411 of its 560 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 357 of Afghanistan's 411 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Burundi (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Norway (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Tanzania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 19,342 stories about harm among 82,347 counted on 28 Jul.

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Romania's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. In Burundi's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 82,347 stories, above the usual 21. On 28 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya89 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus88 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Romania84 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 11 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong82 in 100 of its 630 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Sudan78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia613 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Yuen Long Hong Kong469 stories about protests or strikes, of its 471 Jerusalem Israel247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 713 El Paso US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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 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 lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 readAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsKordofan, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsGuatemala City, Guatemala -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsDilbagh, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalifornia, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 156 stories, carried by 310 outletsNew Haven, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 17 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 51 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Kordofan Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Guatemala City Guatemala about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories ● Dilbagh Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 156 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 7,214 stories · more than usual (usually 33%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,373 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 3,159 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence14% 2,673 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,343 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 466 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 327 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 killed5,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,262 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people injured2,443 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting people affected2,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees332 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced216 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations153 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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