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11,036 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Baghdad (Iraq), landslides in Afghanistan and violence in Odesa. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Greece and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 73 in 100 of its 400 stories, usually 28
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

45 of its 74 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Baghdad accounted for 39 of Iraq's 45 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 39 of Baghdad's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

92 of its 174 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

318 of its 617 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Odesa accounted for 197 of Ukraine's 318 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (203 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Greece

293 of its 400 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Athens accounted for 115 of Greece's 293 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Cameroon

20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

63 of its 186 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Shelter & services

Malta

25 of its 72 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

India

1,178 of its 3,884 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 105 of Manipur's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

118 of its 409 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (82 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Spain (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in Cameroon (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (33 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 11,036 stories about harm among 53,382 counted on 23 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Greece and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 53,382 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iraq. In Vietnam's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 7 times their usual. Iraq stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. This week the news turned most often to Kashmir, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Greece73 in 100 of its 400 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq61 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Ukraine52 in 100 of its 617 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manipur India105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Jerusalem Israel103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Lagos Nigeria44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Baghdad Iraq39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 302 outletsCincinnati, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 28 outletsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 33 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsParis, France -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 36 outletsBerlin, Germany -- health: 16 stories, carried by 40 outletsHollywood, US -- health: 96 stories, carried by 199 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

● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories ● Cincinnati US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Kuala Lumpur Malaysia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Paris France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,814 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents24% 2,623 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice23% 2,450 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,245 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 587 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 425 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 352 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 345 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 killed2,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,486 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,047 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations421 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting refugees117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced80 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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