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The day's news pointed at violence in Port-au-Prince, the earthquake in the United Arab Emirates and evacuations in Nigeria. Haiti's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Conflict & violence
478 of its 705 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 271 of Haiti's 478 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
123 of its 345 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dubai accounted for 116 of the United Arab Emirates' 123 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Rights & justice
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Health
36 of its 140 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence
72 of its 125 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Baghdad accounted for 42 of Iraq's 72 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Health
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Health
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Protests & strikes
5 of Rosendal's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Protests & strikes
9 of Madrid's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual:
tropical storm in US (601 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 90,106 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Nigeria. A year earlier, on 8 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Haiti, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual.
22 in every 100 of the day's 90,106 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 23). Haiti: 478 of its 705 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. United Arab Emirates: 123 of its 345 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Nigeria: Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Sweden: 36 of its 140 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Nigeria. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 9 times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news. Mentions of tropical storm ran about three times their usual in the US's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 8 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: too little coverage to read Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: too little coverage to read Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: too little coverage to read Qatar: too little coverage to read Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: too little coverage to read Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: too little coverage to read Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: too little coverage to read Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: too little coverage to read Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: about as warm as its own usual or less Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or less Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Yemen: warmth about its own usual Uganda: warmth about its own usual Syria: warmth about its own usual Philippines: warmth about its own usual Pakistan: warmth about its own usual Malaysia: warmth about its own usual Kyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usual Ethiopia: warmth about its own usual Kulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 14 outlets Arizona, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 41 outlets Illinois, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 20 outlets Sussex, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 23 outlets Minsk, Belarus -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outlets Bristol, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 20 outlets Melbourne, Australia -- health: 33 stories, carried by 30 outlets Milan, Italy -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were about as 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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