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The day's news pointed at violence in Jerusalem, a disaster in Matanzas and abductions in the US. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 72 in 100 of its 736 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

530 of its 736 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 170 of Israel's 530 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

79 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Matanzas accounted for 56 of Cuba's 79 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Matanzas stories →
Health

US

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with norovirus.

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

Chad

22 of its 41 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ndjamena accounted for 17 of Chad's 22 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

45 of its 101 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bogota accounted for 31 of Colombia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

81 of its 112 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 81 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

208 of its 518 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Helicopter crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Italy (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Colombia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Hungary (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Aug. 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 14,952 stories about harm among 68,226 counted on 8 Aug.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 68,226 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned the drought about three times as often as usual. Israel's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine72 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel72 in 100 of its 736 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba68 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia45 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 517 Jerusalem Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Islamabad Pakistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Beijing China26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Delhi India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualHarwood, US -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 46 outletsOhio, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 80 stories, carried by 346 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 45 stories, carried by 44 outletsNdjamena, Chad -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 92 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

● Harwood US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 80 stories ● Dublin Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,685 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 2,531 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,296 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,013 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 949 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 408 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 265 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 killed3,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured927 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions167 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 about as 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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