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The news turned to protests in Nukus (Uzbekistan), violence in Copenhagen and the avalanche in Italy. Denmark's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostDenmark 72 in 100 of its 395 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

60 of its 93 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nukus accounted for 33 of Uzbekistan's 60 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Nukus' 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories → Nukus stories →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

286 of its 395 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Copenhagen accounted for 271 of Denmark's 286 stories about harm, carried by 651 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

186 of its 473 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Avalanche was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Egypt

63 of its 187 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Palestine

58 of its 92 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jenin accounted for 32 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

431 of its 1,505 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Flooding was named in 132 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and landslides.

its stories →
Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 42 of Iran's 60 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Libya

20 of its 50 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of Tripoli's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Hong Kong

46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Peru

11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (132 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Iran (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Türkiye (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Russia (23 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 4 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 12,899 stories about harm among 55,712 counted on 4 Jul.

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In Uzbekistan, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 55,712 stories, above the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Uzbekistan. On 4 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Denmark72 in 100 of its 395 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan65 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Palestine63 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Akron US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Bristol UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Chicago US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualVirginia, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 53 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 29 outletsLancang, China -- health: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsQuiet Dell, US -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 53 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 39 stories, carried by 28 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 24 outletsBicester, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 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

● Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Lancang China about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Quiet Dell US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 4,670 stories · less than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice18% 2,230 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence15% 1,896 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,810 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 821 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 691 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 358 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 247 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 killed3,730 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark Stories reporting people injured1,441 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark Stories reporting people affected1,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about twice the usual rate · most about Australia and Italy Stories reporting refugees102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little more 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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