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20,674 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Seoul, violence in Beirut and people displaced in Niamey. South Korea's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 46 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Rights & justice

South Korea

181 of its 529 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Seoul accounted for 139 of South Korea's 181 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Heatwave was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

81 of its 175 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 65 of Lebanon's 81 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Displacement

Niger

276 of its 484 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Niamey accounted for 212 of Niger's 276 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (89 stories).

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

48 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 37 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Senegal

26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 26 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 25 of Syria's 65 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

93 of its 293 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Jersey

29 of its 135 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

13 of its 51 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Sweden (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (42 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Kenya (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Aug. 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 20,674 stories about harm among 116,210 counted on 3 Aug.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 31 May 2023. of the day's 116,210 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. South Korea stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. A year earlier, on 3 August 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Niger57 in 100 of its 484 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Syria55 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon46 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine42 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US394 stories about protests or strikes, of its 899 Niamey Niger92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Haryana India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Manipur India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: 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: 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 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 lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalta: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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 lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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 readChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualParaguay: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJammu, Kashmir -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsOregon, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 41 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 40 stories, carried by 29 outletsNewquay, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsBajaur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 33 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 40 stories ● Newquay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,082 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,306 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,546 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 2,088 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,008 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 897 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 742 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 563 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 killed4,395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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