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10,233 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Moscow, a disaster in Narathiwat and rights and justice in Port-au-Prince. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 62 in 100 of its 577 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 30 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

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Conflict & violence

Russia

313 of its 789 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 225 of Russia's 313 stories about harm, carried by 637 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (124 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Thailand

76 of its 142 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Narathiwat accounted for 53 of Thailand's 76 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Narathiwat stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

45 of its 73 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ein el-Hilweh accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 45 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

360 of its 577 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

21 of its 52 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

61 of its 109 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Plane crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Denmark

26 of its 56 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (81 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in China (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Vietnam (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Iraq (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 10,233 stories about harm among 53,121 counted on 30 Jul.

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The Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,121 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 30 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. Russia stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine72 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti71 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan62 in 100 of its 577 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon62 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manipur India65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Niamey Niger47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Hollywood US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Dhaka Bangladesh29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Washington US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSweden: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCopenhagen, Denmark -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 28 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsLittle Rock, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 109 outletsCrawford County, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 26 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 24 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 33 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 18 stories, carried by 46 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

● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Little Rock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Crawford County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,529 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 2,174 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents21% 2,073 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,608 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 436 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 324 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 207 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 killed2,636 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,166 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting arrests847 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations204 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam Stories reporting abductions158 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting refugees107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced101 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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