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17,322 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Havana (Cuba), people killed in Belgium and arrests in Jordan. Cuba's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 68 in 100 of its 572 stories, usually 48
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Cuba

390 of its 572 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 248 of Cuba's 390 stories about harm, carried by 675 outlets. 238 of Havana's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). Power cuts were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Belgium

48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

57 of its 144 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

South Africa

526 of its 1,172 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 109 of Kwazulu's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Iraq

54 of its 84 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 32 of Iraq's 54 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 7 of Tillaberi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 16 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.

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Health

India

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

120 of its 224 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bangkok accounted for 86 of Thailand's 120 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in France (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in US (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 17,322 stories about harm among 75,759 counted on 12 Jul.

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In Cuba's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 75,759 stories, as usual. On 12 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 23 today. In Cuba, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba68 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Haiti65 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Bangladesh64 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Syria59 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 647 Kwazulu South Africa109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Johannesburg South Africa68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Port-au-Prince Haiti35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualNorth Carolina, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsGhazni, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 20 outletsColorado, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsPyongyang, North Korea -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCabo Delgado, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 116 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

● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● North Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Ghazni Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Pyongyang North Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Cabo Delgado Mozambique about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 8,018 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,427 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,457 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,385 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 691 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 437 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 434 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 287 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 killed4,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured831 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Syria Stories reporting people displaced85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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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