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20,893 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Tigray, rights and justice in Damascus and protests in Vilnius (Lithuania). Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 53 in 100 of its 81 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Rights & justice

Syria

59 of its 100 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

81 of its 152 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Armenia

52 of its 135 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

28 of its 41 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 18 of Mozambique's 28 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

Tunis accounted for 50 of Tunisia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 28 of Tunis' 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Bhutan

23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Bermuda (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (19 of its stories, about three 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 28 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 20,893 stories about harm among 89,222 counted on 28 Jul.

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Bermuda's news mentioned food poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 89,222 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 23 today. Ethiopia stood out: 66% 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 →

Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh57 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Cuba55 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 59 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1070 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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 lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 lessCuba: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTunisia: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAjit, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTianjin, China -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsVermont, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsHartlepool, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsClinton County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsSpin Boldak, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 25 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 28 stories, carried by 29 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 30 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

● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Tianjin China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Hartlepool UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Clinton County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,189 stories · much more than usual (usually 46%) Rights & justice17% 3,554 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents11% 2,371 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence7% 1,478 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 784 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 577 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 426 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 324 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 killed4,911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees197 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations173 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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