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17,546 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Baghdad (Iraq), people killed in Qatar and violence in Bamako. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 73 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 40
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

91 of its 125 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 38 of Iraq's 91 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 27 of Baghdad's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Qatar

24 of its 92 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bamako accounted for 16 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

66 of its 205 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Malawi

33 of its 68 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Lilongwe accounted for 18 of Malawi's 33 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 14 of Lilongwe's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

97 of its 199 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Hong Kong

34 of its 86 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Food & livelihood

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 91 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Canada (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in US (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 17,546 stories about harm among 82,378 counted on 21 Jul.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Iraq. of the day's 82,378 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 21 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq73 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Iran49 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Malawi49 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 963 Delhi India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Colombo Sri Lanka34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Baghdad Iraq27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualGrand Rapids, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 20 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 11 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 22 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 22 stories, carried by 56 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

● Grand Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 36 stories ● Lanarkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Shiv India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 7,345 stories · more than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice19% 3,324 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,331 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,486 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood7% 1,171 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 796 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 568 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 305 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 killed3,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 softer 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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