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30,763 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Minsk, storm surge in Bangladesh and protests in Harare (Zimbabwe). Zimbabwe's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 57 in 100 of its 149 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Conflict & violence

Belarus

68 of its 106 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Minsk accounted for 49 of Belarus' 68 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Health

Bangladesh

162 of its 244 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Dhaka accounted for 59 of Bangladesh's 162 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Storm surge was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

42 of Harare's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

85 of its 149 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Libya

46 of its 76 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Vietnam

137 of its 288 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. da Nang accounted for 73 of Vietnam's 137 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 82 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

21 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

72 of its 89 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Flooding was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

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Health

Uganda

73 of its 150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Health

Norway

27 of its 73 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Vietnam (82 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Puerto Rico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Poland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 30,763 stories about harm among 109,033 counted on 30 Jul.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 March 2020. 28 in every 100 of the day's 109,033 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 30. For the second day running, the news turned to Belarus. On 31 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 28 today. Belarus' news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico81 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh66 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Belarus64 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq62 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1633 Portland US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Beijing China79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Chicago US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 Atlanta US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 18,949 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 5,411 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,456 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,512 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,019 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 589 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 336 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 257 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 killed7,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan

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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