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11,254 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Tehran (Iran), refugees in China and heavy rain in the Philippines. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 60 in 100 of its 334 stories, usually 42
RegionSoutheast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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

Iran

51 of its 84 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 14 of Tehran's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

China

294 of its 904 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

199 of its 334 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (26 stories). Heavy rain was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with typhoon, flooding and earthquake.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 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.

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

Australia

283 of its 827 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sydney accounted for 181 of Australia's 283 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. 108 of Sydney's 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

35 of its 69 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Budapest accounted for 32 of Hungary's 35 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. 27 of Budapest's 32 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

France

95 of its 360 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 30 of Paris' 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

India

954 of its 2,863 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Landslides were named in 161 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and building collapse.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

36 of its 107 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of Sao Paulo's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 8 of Minsk's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (161 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 11,254 stories about harm among 44,772 counted on 24 Jul.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. A year earlier, on 24 July 2020, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Iran's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%. of the day's 44,772 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba64 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Haiti63 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines60 in 100 of its 334 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sydney Australia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Paris France30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Budapest Hungary27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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 readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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 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 lessHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 12 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 224 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsHemel Hempstead, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsEnugu, Nigeria -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 31 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

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Budapest Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Hemel Hempstead UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Enugu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 4,976 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,327 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,828 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 892 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 420 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 308 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 216 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 183 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 killed3,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,041 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected948 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured735 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations200 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting abductions108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 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 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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