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The news turned to protests in Paris (France), violence in Jenin and arrests in Hong Kong. Palestine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPalestine 88 in 100 of its 502 stories, usually 63
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Protests & strikes

France

553 of its 1,593 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 424 of France's 553 stories about harm, carried by 736 outlets. 326 of Paris' 424 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (280 stories). 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.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

63 of its 184 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Iran

71 of its 152 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 71 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

138 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Stockholm accounted for 106 of Sweden's 138 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 60 of Stockholm's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

222 of its 509 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

39 of its 112 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 10 of Beirut's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 21 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Sudan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in China (48 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,316 stories about harm among 94,102 counted on 3 Jul.

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The news turned to France for the sixth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,102 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 July 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. France stood out: 35% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine88 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan77 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 49 · mostly displacement Senegal56 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Syria48 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Jenin Palestine159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 384 Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Stockholm Sweden60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Beijing China59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualSherani, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsOklahoma, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsColorado, US -- rights & justice: 54 stories, carried by 61 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsNewport, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 21 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

● Sherani Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 54 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Newport UK 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 →

Health29% 5,012 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,125 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,941 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence13% 2,171 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 931 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 693 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 665 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 455 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 killed4,475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,610 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and India Stories reporting evacuations142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

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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