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31,572 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Bamako (Mali), the plague in Mongolia and people injured in Armenia. Mongolia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 63 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMali 83 in 100 of its 100 stories, usually 62
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Mali

83 of its 100 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Bamako accounted for 39 of Mali's 83 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Bamako's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Health

Mongolia

25 of its 28 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Plague was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

67 of its 141 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Namibia

18 of its 34 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

Namibia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Palestine

125 of its 187 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 87 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

73 of its 175 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 35 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Malawi

22 of its 43 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

57 of its 142 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Warsaw accounted for 37 of Poland's 57 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Uganda (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in UK (110 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 31,572 stories about harm among 106,600 counted on 14 Jul.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 106,600 stories, below the usual 31. It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Mali. In Mongolia's news, mentions of the plague ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 15 July 2019, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 30 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali83 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Syria65 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Kuwait64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1302 Beijing China88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Hollywood US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Boston US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Paris France53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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 readNepal: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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 lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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 readBenin: 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: 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): 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualSamangan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsSouth Ribble, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 23 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 38 outletsMuskegon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsKelowna, Canada -- health: 27 stories, carried by 41 outletsCanyon Creek, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 121 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 61 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

● Samangan Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● South Ribble UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Northumbria UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Muskegon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health63% 19,647 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice17% 5,251 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,404 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,724 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,107 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 644 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 308 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 253 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 killed8,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,583 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill54 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 softer 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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