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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Moscow (Russia), violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Paralimni. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 51 in 100 of its 667 stories, usually 15
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Russia

736 of its 2,095 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 534 of Moscow's 599 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (504 stories). Outbreaks were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

611 of its 711 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 498 of Afghanistan's 611 stories about harm, carried by 463 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

France

320 of its 1,411 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Brazil

338 of its 667 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 103 of Amazonas' 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

38 of its 98 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 20 of Manama's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 124 of Sudan's 192 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 116 of Khartoum's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

677 of its 1,835 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

42 of its 136 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 24 of Bucharest's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Italy

363 of its 1,043 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Chile (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Sudan (45 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 32,763 stories about harm among 150,235 counted on 29 Jul.

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In Chile's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 150,235 stories, as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. In Russia, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 29 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo88 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Libya72 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia534 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Washington US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1377 Beijing China251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Baltimore US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 518 New York US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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 lessTanzania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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 lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualSanta Clara Valley, US -- conflict & violence: 844 stories, carried by 475 outletsUnrwa, Palestine -- displacement: 160 stories, carried by 26 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsColorado, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPuntland, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 31 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

● Palestine warmth about twice usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Santa Clara Valley US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 844 stories ● Unrwa Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 160 stories ● Kathmandu Nepal about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Colorado US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,937 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 6,909 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Health20% 6,397 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,486 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,080 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,226 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 662 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 521 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 killed10,688 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,343 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests4,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions552 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil Stories reporting refugees514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations192 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 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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