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19,566 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Building collapse in Egypt, people falling ill in Poland and protests in Tehran (Iran) drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 41 in 100 of its 509 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

85 of its 241 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cairo accounted for 54 of Egypt's 85 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Building collapse was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Poland

58 of its 141 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Bird flu was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

128 of its 256 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 84 of Iran's 128 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 56 of Tehran's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

81 of its 165 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Russia

533 of its 1,457 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 318 of Russia's 533 stories about harm, carried by 679 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

207 of its 509 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Flooding was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

267 of its 852 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 70 of Hanoi's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Flooding was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

17 of its 34 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 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

Italy

177 of its 747 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

21 of its 76 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Korea (104 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (76 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Russia (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Kenya (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten 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 17 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 19,566 stories about harm among 101,196 counted on 17 Jul.

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In South Korea's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 101,196 stories, as usual. Egypt's news was 35% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. On 17 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan69 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran50 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir49 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Hanoi Vietnam70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Hollywood US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Tehran Iran56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Paris France39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 readColombia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualWisconsin, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 52 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsMaids Moreton, UK -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 53 outletsDumfries, UK -- other: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 54 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 31 stories, carried by 85 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● North Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Maids Moreton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Dumfries UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,765 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 4,556 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice21% 4,097 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence9% 1,681 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,047 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 955 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 745 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 354 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 killed4,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations354 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting refugees196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about the usual rate

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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