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20,266 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to illness in Baghdad, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and violence in Kabul. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 82 in 100 of its 283 stories, usually 52
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Iraq

231 of its 283 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 93 of Iraq's 231 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Covid was named in 186 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 24 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 22 of Tbilisi's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). 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.

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

South Africa

632 of its 1,300 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 161 of Kwazulu's 299 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

Havana accounted for 206 of Cuba's 339 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. 193 of Havana's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

France

235 of its 1,036 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Road crashes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Pakistan

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Heavy rain was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 55 of Ethiopia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Hungary

32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,266 stories about harm among 87,645 counted on 13 Jul.

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Iraq's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,645 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 July 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Iraq stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq82 in 100 of its 283 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Mozambique65 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Haiti63 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US234 stories about protests or strikes, of its 848 Havana Cuba193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Kwazulu South Africa161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299 Johannesburg South Africa64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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 readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readSingapore: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualParis, France -- health: 112 stories, carried by 247 outletsOhio, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsAmman, Jordan -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsHenan, China -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsCabo Delgado, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 14 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

● Paris France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 112 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Petersburg Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 9,534 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,154 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,577 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,536 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 694 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 610 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 592 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 345 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 killed4,948 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.