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21,343 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Nairobi (Kenya), rights and justice in Darfur and arrests in Venezuela drew the news. Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 41 in 100 of its 367 stories, usually 24
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Kenya

151 of its 367 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 87 of Kenya's 151 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 69 of Nairobi's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 91 of Sudan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

189 of its 845 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Heatwave was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires, storms and heatstroke.

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

Cuba

26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 8 of Havana's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 49 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

45 of its 109 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

24 of its 87 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in New Zealand (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Australia (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 21,343 stories about harm among 115,236 counted on 13 Jul.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Kenya. of the day's 115,236 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kenya stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 13 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan77 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq44 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal44 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia43 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 733 Hollywood US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Nairobi Kenya69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Moscow Russia44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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 readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsPrince Rupert, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 53 outletsNashville, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsUtah, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 20 outletsZhob, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 19 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Prince Rupert Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Nashville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,387 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,989 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,064 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,951 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 1,237 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 950 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 937 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 486 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 killed4,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,156 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting abductions165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Griefa little less than 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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