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15,060 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at storm surge in Mexico, violence in Kivu and protests in Caracas (Venezuela). Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJamaica 58 in 100 of its 248 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

201 of its 412 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tulum accounted for 83 of Mexico's 201 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storm surge was named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storms.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Tulum stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

36 of its 54 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kivu accounted for 20 of Rwanda's 36 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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

Jamaica

144 of its 248 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Disasters & accidents

Cayman Islands

38 of its 58 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

33 of its 125 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Grenada

79 of its 107 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Carriacou accounted for 71 of Grenada's 79 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

44 of its 79 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Slovakia

13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Cayman Islands (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Jamaica (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in China (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 15,060 stories about harm among 87,430 counted on 4 Jul.

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Mentions of storm surge ran about 7 times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 87,430 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. A year earlier, on 5 July 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Grenada74 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel67 in 100 of its 854 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda67 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Cayman Islands66 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan61 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 351 Canberra Australia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Nairobi Kenya35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Islamabad Pakistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82

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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGusau, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsGwoza, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAstana, Kazakhstan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsMontana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 66 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 52 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

● Gusau Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Gwoza Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Astana Kazakhstan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,024 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,584 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 3,202 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,779 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 666 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 583 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 467 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed3,487 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured842 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill23 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
● 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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