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The news turned to protests in Nablus (Palestine), a disaster in New Providence and arrests in Singapore. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Greece → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPalestine 81 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 48
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

72 of its 89 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Nablus accounted for 52 of Palestine's 72 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. 27 of Nablus' 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. New Providence accounted for 19 of the Bahamas' 22 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → New Providence stories →
Health

Singapore

48 of its 97 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

74 of its 148 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

98 of its 165 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Colombo accounted for 61 of Sri Lanka's 98 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 57 of Colombo's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

31 of its 33 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 31 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

77 of its 239 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

61 of its 119 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave and storms.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

114 of its 416 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). House fires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in India (80 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 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 8,681 stories about harm among 36,706 counted on 24 Jul.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 5 June 2022. of the day's 36,706 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Greece. In Palestine, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Greece, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine81 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka59 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Greece51 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran50 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 364 Colombo Sri Lanka57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Nablus Palestine27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Chicago US19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): 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: 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: 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 readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualIowa, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsSacramento, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 48 stories, carried by 110 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAmman, Jordan -- 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

● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Sacramento US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories ● Shiv India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 3,195 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,628 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice17% 1,452 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 1,022 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 491 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 386 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 249 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 163 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 killed2,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations211 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions66 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Afghanistan

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 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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