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The day's news pointed at protests in Baghdad (Iraq), violence in Moscow and a disaster in Athens. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 56 in 100 of its 263 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

83 of its 117 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Baghdad accounted for 75 of Iraq's 83 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. 73 of Baghdad's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

277 of its 717 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 171 of Russia's 277 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

148 of its 263 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Athens accounted for 92 of Greece's 148 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Health

Uruguay

13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sweden

99 of its 161 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Stockholm accounted for 82 of Sweden's 99 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 72 of Stockholm's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

14 of its 32 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Drownings were named in 10 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

226 of its 630 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

14 of its 21 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

32 of its 47 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Gambia

10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Croatia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Morocco (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Spain (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 12,000 stories about harm among 60,479 counted on 22 Jul.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and Canada. of the day's 60,479 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Croatia's news mentioned the heatwave about 8 times as often as usual. Iraq's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 22 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq71 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Sudan71 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden61 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Greece56 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manipur India128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Baghdad Iraq73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Stockholm Sweden72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 114 outletsCynon, UK -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 168 outletsVermont, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsColchester, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 158 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 51 outletsOklahoma City, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 46 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 38 outletsCanberra, Australia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 58 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

● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kuala Lumpur Malaysia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 41 stories ● Cynon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,160 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health26% 3,053 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,593 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 1,348 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 560 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 436 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 365 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 261 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 killed2,915 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations255 at about twice the usual rate · most about Greece and Canada Stories reporting refugees118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 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 much harsher than 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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