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19,960 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Damascus, protests in Yambio (South Sudan) and people displaced in Myanmar. Syria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSingapore 34 in 100 of its 346 stories, usually 14
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

81 of its 114 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 42 of Syria's 81 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Protests & strikes

South Sudan

13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 3 of Yambio's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Yambio stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

272 of its 728 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (125 stories). Heavy rain was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, storms and drownings.

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

Sweden

Stockholm accounted for 43 of Sweden's 70 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 32 of Stockholm's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

116 of its 346 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Malta

21 of its 69 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

12 of its 44 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 85 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. 27 of Dhaka's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Niger

196 of its 370 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Niamey accounted for 133 of Niger's 196 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Malta (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in China (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Vietnam (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Sudan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Switzerland (10 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 28 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 19,960 stories about harm among 107,641 counted on 28 Jul.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 107,641 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. Syria's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement Syria71 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Cuba56 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Niger53 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 669 Manipur India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Hollywood US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Niamey Niger47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133 Jerusalem Israel46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78

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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHong 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualOregon, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsMottisfont, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsWisconsin, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsEssex, UK -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 118 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 59 stories, carried by 35 outletsKarachi, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 31 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

● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Mottisfont UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Essex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 59 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,984 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,695 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,785 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,874 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,001 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 886 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 823 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 458 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 killed4,306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,028 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting evacuations245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of 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 softer 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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