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18,702 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at volcanic eruption in Iceland, violence in Srebrenica and protests in Paris (France). Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken 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 mostIceland 65 in 100 of its 79 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

51 of its 79 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Türkiye

157 of its 390 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Ankara accounted for 81 of Türkiye's 157 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

94 of its 124 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

77 of its 170 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 50 of Kashmir's 77 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

118 of its 152 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 60 of Sudan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

140 of its 515 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Health

Peru

32 of its 77 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Philippines (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Australia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in Canada (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); bird flu in UK (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 18,702 stories about harm among 99,877 counted on 10 Jul.

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Iceland's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 99,877 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 July 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland65 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia61 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Paris France51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Moscow Russia47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Jerusalem Israel45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Hollywood US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 302 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,239 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,075 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,875 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,350 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 915 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 779 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 671 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 445 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 killed4,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations298 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the Netherlands Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half 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 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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