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20,068 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Amsterdam, violence in Baghdad and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 42 in 100 of its 293 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Rights & justice

Netherlands

122 of its 293 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Amsterdam accounted for 88 of the Netherlands' 122 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

87 of its 145 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 47 of Iraq's 87 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Indonesia

114 of its 227 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 154 of Haiti's 307 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 123 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 117 of Afghanistan's 219 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Zambia

35 of its 71 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cameroon

15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Eswatini

17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 6 of Mbabane's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

56 of its 199 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in United Arab Emirates (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Jamaica (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (736 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 8 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 7 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 20,068 stories about harm among 90,493 counted on 7 Jul.

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Netherlands stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 90,493 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. On 7 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Iraq60 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia53 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti52 in 100 of its 589 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649 Port-au-Prince Haiti44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Ejura Ghana35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 Manhattan US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessNamibia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualEswatini: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualNorth Dakota, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsNetherbury, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlamorgan, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 93 stories, carried by 140 outletsWaterloo, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 22 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

● North Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Netherbury UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Glamorgan UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,808 stories · less than usual (usually 47%) Rights & justice20% 3,880 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,118 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence9% 1,718 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 909 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 646 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 494 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 237 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 killed4,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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.

● 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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